Neuronal representation of visual motion and orientation in the fly medulla

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Spalthoff, Christian ^a   Gerdes, Ralf ^a   Kurtz, Rafael ^a,b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Invertebrates; Motion detection; Orientation selectivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRIGHTNESS; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPTERA; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTION; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL MOTION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 84867116479     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00072     Document Type: Article

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