Photoreceptor projections and receptive fields in the dorsal rim area and main retina of the locust eye

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 427-440

  Schmeling, Fabian ^a   Tegtmeier, Jennifer ^a   Kinoshita, Michiyo ^b   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Desert locust; Dorsal rim area; Photoreceptor projections; Receptive fields

Indexed keywords

SYNAPSIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CAELIFERA; COMPOUND EYE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; SYNAPSINS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84930475915     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-015-0990-y     Document Type: Article

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