Spike frequency adaptation mediates looming stimulus selectivity in a collision-detecting neuron

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-326

  Peron, Simon ^a   Gabbiani, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60749093864     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2259     Document Type: Article

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