How lesioning the nucleus praeeminentialis affects electrolocation behavior in the weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 353-361

  Green, R L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Electric fish; Electrolocation; Feedback pathways; Nucleus praeeminentialis dorsalis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; NEMICHTHYS;

EID: 0030250135     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00194989     Document Type: Article

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