Catfish electroreceptor organ functioning during five days exposure to different calcium environments

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-88

  Peters, R C ^a   Westerink, R H S ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Electroreception; Hair cells; Homeostasis; Ictalurus; Saffan; Stanniocalcin; Stimulus transduction; Synaptic efficacy

Indexed keywords

ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS MELAS;

EID: 0003204781     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007712627275     Document Type: Article

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