Visual neuroscience: How do moths see to fly at night?

Petri Ala-Laurila

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.020

Visual neuroscience: How do moths see to fly at night?

Petri Ala-Laurila^*

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Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

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A new study shows that moth vision trades speed and resolution for contrast sensitivity at night. These remarkable neural adaptations take place in the higher-order neurons of the hawkmoth motion vision pathway and allow the insects to see during night flights.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R231-R233
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	26
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.020
Publication status	Published - 21 Mar 2016
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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