Input–output characteristics of collision avoidance behavior and path length-dependent tuning of putative collision-sensitive neurons of the frog Rana catesbeiana

International Congress Series

Volumn 1269, Issue C, 2004, Pages 65-68

  Nakagawa, Hideki ^a   Yamamoto, Keisuke ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collision avoidance behavior; Collision sensitive neuron; Frog; Multielectrode array; Optic tectum

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956050131     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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