Encoding properties of haltere neurons enable motion feature detection in a biological gyroscope

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3840-3845

  Fox, Jessica L ^a   Fairhall, Adrienne L ^a   Daniel, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariance analysis; Fly; Haltere; Mechanosensors; Single cell recording

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CORIOLIS PHENOMENON; DEVICE; GYROSCOPE; LATENT PERIOD; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CORIOLIS FORCE; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSE ORGANS;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77649244520     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912548107     Document Type: Article

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