Motor control of the jamming avoidance response of Apteronotus leptorhynchus: Evolutionary changes of a behavior and its neuronal substrates

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

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 653-674

  Heiligenberg, W ^a   Metzner, W ^b   Wong, C J H ^a   Keller, C H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Electric fish; Glutamate receptors; Pacemaker nucleus; Social communication

Indexed keywords

APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS;

EID: 0030294675     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00216130     Document Type: Article

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