Parallel projection of amplitude and phase information from the hindbrain to the midbrain of the African electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 7599-7611

  Kawasaki, Masashi ^a   Guo, Yuan Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaural comparison; Electric fish; Jamming avoidance response; Parallel projection; Phase comparison; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC FISH; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0032531038     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-18-07599.1998     Document Type: Article

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