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Visual Interneurons in the Lobula Complex of the Fleshfly, Boettcherisca Peregrina

Overview
Journal J Comp Physiol A
Specialties Neurology
Physiology
Social Sciences
Date 1985 Dec 1
PMID 3837117
Citations 1
Authors
K Umeda
H TATEDA
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Abstract

The physiology and morphology of visual interneurons in the lobula complex of the fleshfly, Boettcherisca peregrina, were studied using intracellular recordings and intracellular cobalt stainings, respectively. Using responses to movements of a spot of light and on-off stimuli at single positions, we classified the interneurons into five physiological groups ON, OFF, ON-OFF, non-directional motion sensitive (NDM) and directional motion sensitive (DM) neurons. They could be further divided into four morphological types, depending on the location and extent of their dendrites and terminal branches.

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