Neural substrates for species recognition in the time-coding electrosensory pathway of mormyrid electric fish

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1171-1185

  Friedman, Matthew A ^a,b   Hopkins, Carl D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Co incidence detector; Delay line; Electric fish; Electroreception; Knollenorgan; Mormyrid; Time coding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRORECEPTOR; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031889212     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-03-01171.1998     Document Type: Article

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