Responses of descending visually-sensitive neurons in the hawkmoth, Manduca sexta, to three-dimensional flower-like stimuli.

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sprayberry, Jordanna D H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical connectives; Flower tracking; Object detection

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SPHINGIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOWER; LEPIDOPTERA; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; MANDUCA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 63549149166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.0701     Document Type: Article

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