A pair of motion-sensitive neurons in the locust encode approaches of a looming object

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 927-938

  Gray, John R ^a   Blincow, Eric ^a   Robertson, R Meldrum ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collision detection; DCMD; Locust; Looming; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLION; LOCUST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; VISION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78649515466     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0576-7     Document Type: Article

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