Integration of binocular optic flow in cervical neck motor neurons of the fly

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

Volumn 198, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 655-668

  Wertz, Adrian ^a,b   Haag, Jürgen ^a   Borst, Alexander ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrical synapses; Insect; Motion vision; Neck motor system; Optic flow

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CERVICAL SPINE; DIPTERA; FEMALE; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; OPTIC FLOW; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; OPTIC FLOW; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 84865797387     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0737-y     Document Type: Article

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