Widespread sensitivity to looming stimuli and small moving objects in the central complex of an insect brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 8122-8133

  Rosner, Ronny ^a   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84877295873     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5390-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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