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Response Characteristics of Neurones in an Insect Brain

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UNITS have been found in the tritocerebrum of the locust which respond in a complex fashion to visual stimulation. These responses differ in several respects from those of units in the protocerebrum, optic lobes and ventral nerve cord1–8.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda

    C. H. FRASER ROWELL

  2. Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge,

    GABRIEL HORN

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ROWELL, C., HORN, G. Response Characteristics of Neurones in an Insect Brain. Nature 216, 702–703 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216702a0

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