Neural action fields for optic flow based navigation: A simulation study of the fly lobula plate network

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Borst, Alexander ^a   Weber, Franz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DENDRITE; FLY; HEMISPHERE; MOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; OPTIC FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; DIPTERA; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; OPTIC FLOW; ROTATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79551637781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016303     Document Type: Article

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