Visual response properties of neck motor neurons in the honeybee

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1173-1187

  Hung, Y S ^a,b   van Kleef, J P ^a   Ibbotson, M R ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Direction selective; Head movement; Insect; Temporal tuning

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; HEAD MOVEMENT; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; SENSORY FEEDBACK; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR NEURONS; NECK MUSCLES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81555198401     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0679-9     Document Type: Article

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