Conditional perception under stimulus ambiguity: Polarization- and azimuth-sensitive neurons in the locust brain are inhibited by low degrees of polarization

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-35

  Pfeiffer, Keram ^a   Negrello, Mario ^b   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; LIGHT; LOCUST; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SUN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUNLIGHT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78651443396     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00480.2010     Document Type: Article

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