Thalamic neurons in the pigeon compute distance-to-collision of an approaching surface

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-47

  Liu, Rui Feng ^a   Niu, Yu Qiong ^a   Wang, Shu Rong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Distance to collision; Extracellular recording; Receptive field; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DANGER, RISK, SAFETY AND RELATED PHENOMENA; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DISTANCE TO COLLISION; HEART BEAT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS OPTICUS PRINCIPALIS THALAMI; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TECTOFUGAL PATHWAY; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOFUGAL PATHWAY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEART RATE; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 47149103151     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000145716     Document Type: Article

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