Responses of descending neurons to looming stimuli in the praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-264

  Yamawaki, Yoshifumi ^a   Toh, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DCMD; Descending neurons; Looming; Mantis; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; MANTODEA; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MANTODEA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 61449190654     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0403-6     Document Type: Article

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