Detection of multiple stimulus features forces a trade-off in the pyramidal cell network of a gymnotiform electric fish's electrosensory lateral line lobe

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

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-113

  Stoddard, P K ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint; Electroreception; Evolution; Neural network; Sensory system

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRACHYHYPOPOMUS PINNICAUDATUS; GYMNOTIFORMES;

EID: 0031915381     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050162     Document Type: Article

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