Sun compass integration of skylight cues in migratory monarch butterflies

Neuron

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-358

  Heinze, Stanley ^a   Reppert, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CUES; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; SOLAR SYSTEM; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 78751679931     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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