Transformation of polarized light information in the central complex of the locust

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 11783-11793

  Heinze, Stanley ^a   Gotthardt, Sascha ^a   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL COMPLEX NEURON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DOMINANCE; LIGHT; LOCUST; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; LIGHT; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349313389     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1870-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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