The central complex of the flesh fly, Neobellieria bullata: Recordings and morphologies of protocerebral inputs and small-field neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3088-3104

  Phillips Portillo, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central complex; Electrophysiology; Insect brain; Neobellieria bullata; Neuroanatomy; Simple response properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEOBELLIERIA BULLATA; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SARCOPHAGIDAE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CELL SHAPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTIC LOBE, NONMAMMALIAN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865099869     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23134     Document Type: Article

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