Central neural coding of sky polarization in insects

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1565, 2011, Pages 680-687

  Homberg, Uwe ^a   Heinze, Stanley ^a,c   Pfeiffer, Keram ^a,d   Kinoshita, Michiyo ^b   El Jundi, Basil ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central complex; Compass navigation; E vector map; Insect brain; Locust; Polarization vision

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CRICKET; DIURNAL VARIATION; EYE; LOCUST; NEUROLOGY; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PHOTORECEPTION; POLARIZATION; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 79952321950     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0199     Document Type: Article

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