Sensitivity and response dynamics of elasmobranch electrosensory primary afferent neurons to near threshold fields

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

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-101

  Tricas, T C ^a   New, J G ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Electroreception; Neural sensitivity; Response dynamics; Sensory biology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PISCES; UROBATIS HALLERI; UROLOPHIDAE; UROLOPHUS;

EID: 0031917378     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050161     Document Type: Article

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