Encoding wide-field motion and direction in the central complex of the cockroach Blaberus discoidalis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 4079-4090

  Kathman, Nicholas D ^a   Kesavan, Malavika ^a   Ritzmann, Roy E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central complex; Insect brain; Multi unit recording; Optomotor response; Wide field motion

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COCKROACH; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPIL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCKROACHES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPIL; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84925708395     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.112391     Document Type: Article

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