Chromatic processing in the anterior optic tubercle of the honey bee brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-16

  Mota, Theo ^a,b,c   Gronenberg, Wulfila ^d   Giurfa, Martin ^a,b   Sandoz, Jean Christophe ^b  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR OPTIC TUBERCLE; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; COMPOUND EYE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; INTERNEURON; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CALCIUM; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; NEURONS; OPTIC LOBE, NONMAMMALIAN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84871814058     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1412-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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