Lobula-specific visual projection neurons are involved in perception of motiondefined second-order motion in Drosophila

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 524-534

  Zhang, Xiaonan ^a,c   Liu, He ^b,c   Lei, Zhengchang ^b,c   Wu, Zhihua ^a   Guo, Aike ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Lobula; Motion perception; Non Fourier motion; Optomotor response; Visual projection neuron

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; OPTIC LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; OPTIC LOBE, NONMAMMALIAN; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872564029     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.079095     Document Type: Article

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