Neural Basis for Looming Size and Velocity Encoding in the Drosophila Giant Fiber Escape Pathway

Ache, Jan M., Polsky, Jason, Alghailani, Shada, Parekh, Ruchi, Breads, Patrick, Peek, Martin Y., Bock, Davi D., von Reyn, Catherine R., Card, Gwyneth M.·2019·Current Biology
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.079

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