Waveform tuning of electroreceptor cells in the weakly electric fish, Gnathonemus petersii

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

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 511-524

  Von Der Emde, G ^a   Bleckmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electroreception; Knollenorgan; Mormyromast; Phase shift; Time coding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030733098     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050135     Document Type: Article

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