Sensory hyperacuity in the jamming avoidance response of weakly electric fish

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 473-479

  Kawasaki, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0031417710     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80025-6     Document Type: Article

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