Receptive fields of locust brain neurons are matched to polarization patterns of the sky

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 2124-2129

  Bech, Miklós ^a   Homberg, Uwe ^a   Pfeiffer, Keram ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CAELIFERA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GRASSHOPPERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84908177643     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.045     Document Type: Article

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