Looming responses of telencephalic neurons in the pigeon are modulated by optic flow

Brain Research

Volumn 1305, Issue , 2009, Pages 40-46

  Xiao, Qian ^a   Frost, Barrie J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird; Looming neuron; Self motion; Telencephalic entopallium; Time to collision

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TELENCEPHALON; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 73949159562     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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