Decision making and behavioral choice during predator avoidance

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Herberholz, Jens ^a   Marquart, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral choice; Decision making; Escape; Neural circuits; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CRAYFISH; DECISION MAKING; DROSOPHILA; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GIANT NERVE CELL; INTERNEURON; INVERTEBRATE; LOCUST; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84866397318     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00125     Document Type: Review

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