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The landing response ofDrosophila can easily be elicited by visual stimuli. The response probability decreases with repeated stimulus presentation. The present paper shows that this habituation of the response occurs near to the level of the sensory input. The neurons habituating have relatively small receptive fields.
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Fischbach, KF., Bausenwein, B. (1988). Habituation and Sensitization of the Landing Response of Drosophila Melanogaster: II. Receptive Field Size of Habituating Units. In: Hertting, G., Spatz, HC. (eds) Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in Nervous Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73160-0_27
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