Object representation and distance encoding in three-dimensional environments by a neural circuit in the visual system of the blowfly

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3446-3457

  Liang, Pei ^a   Heitwerth, Jochen ^a   Kern, Roland ^a   Kurtz, Rafael ^a   Egelhaaf, Martin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optic flow; Visual motion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALLIPHORIDAE; FLIGHT; GAZE; MOTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INTERNEURONS; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTIC FLOW; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL NEURONS; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862570208     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00530.2011     Document Type: Article

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