A distinct layer of the medulla integrates Sky compass signals in the brain of an insect

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  el Jundi, Basil ^a   Pfeiffer, Keram ^b   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL TYPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INNERVATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOCUST; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GRASSHOPPER; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 81155128124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027855     Document Type: Article

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