Temporal filtering properties of ampullary electrosensory neurons in the torus semicircularis of eigenmannia: Evolutionary and computational implications

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 312-323

  Fortune, E S ^a   Rose, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of behavior; Frequency filtering; Spines; Whole cell patch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOLUTION; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030626049     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113000     Document Type: Article

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