Visual neuroscience: hypercomplex cells in the arthropod visual system
- PMID: 17550766
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.046
Visual neuroscience: hypercomplex cells in the arthropod visual system
Abstract
Newly described visual interneurons in flies have sophisticated receptive field properties reminiscent of neurons in the mammalian visual cortex. The cells are well-suited to compute motion of conspecific females that male flies aerially intercept.
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Retinotopic organization of small-field-target-detecting neurons in the insect visual system.Curr Biol. 2007 Apr 3;17(7):569-78. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.039. Epub 2007 Mar 15. Curr Biol. 2007. PMID: 17363248
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