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Title:

Neuronal Substrates for Infrared Contrast Enhancement and Motion Detection in Rattlesnakes

Document type:
Article
Author(s):
Bothe, Maximilian S.; Luksch, Harald; Straka, Hans; Kohl, Tobias
Abstract:
Pit vipers detect infrared (IR) radiation with loreal pit organs [1] that are connected to the hindbrain by trigeminal nerve fibers [2-4]. The pattern of central afferent termination forms a topographical representation of the sensory periphery within the nucleus of the lateral descending trigeminal tract (LTTD) [4-7]. All LTTD neurons project to another specialized, ipsilateral hindbrain area, the nucleus reticularis caloris (RC) [8-11], before IR signals are integrated with vi- sual signals in...     »
Journal title:
CURRENT BIOLOGY
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
29
Month:
JUN 3
Journal issue:
11
Pages contribution:
1827+
Language:
English
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.035
Publisher:
CELL PRESS
Print-ISSN:
0960-9822
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