Neuronal circuitry for comparison of timing in the electrosensory lateral line lobe of the African wave-type electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 380-391

  Kawasaki, Masashi ^a,b   Guo, Yuan Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; binaural comparison; convergent evolution; electric fish; jamming avoidance response; phase comparison

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TIME;

EID: 0030071242     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-01-00380.1996     Document Type: Article

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