title: Visual Neuroscience: How Do Moths See to Fly at Night?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland. Electronic address: Petri.Ala-Laurila@helsinki.fi.
authors.forename: Petri
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ala-Laurila
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D018402:Manduca; D009036:Moths; D009488:Neurosciences; D014785:Vision, Ocular