Columnar cells necessary for motion responses of wide-field visual interneurons in Drosophila

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

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 389-395

  Schnell, Bettina ^a,c   Raghu, Shamprasad Varija ^a,d   Nern, Aljoscha ^b   Borst, Alexander ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Neuroscience Research Partnership   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Columnar cells; Drosophila melanogaster; Lobula plate; Patch clamp recordings; Visual motion detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GANGLION; INTERNEURON; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84860123615     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0716-3     Document Type: Article

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