Neural organization and visual processing in the anterior optic tubercle of the honeybee brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 11443-11456

  Mota, Theo ^a,b   Yamagata, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Giurfa, Martin ^a,b   Gronenberg, Wulfila ^c   Sandoz, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR OPTIC TUBERCLE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HONEYBEE; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 80051562785     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0995-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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