Larval electroreceptors indicate a larval electric system in mormyrids

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 103-106

  Denizot, Jean Pierre ^a   Kirschbaum, Frank ^b   Schugardt, Christian ^b   Bensouilah, Mourad ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Inst Gewasserokologie B   (Germany)

Author keywords

Larval electroreceptors; Mormyrids; Ontogeny; Sensory cells; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRORECEPTOR; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EPIDERMIS; LARVA; MECHANORECEPTORS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REGENERATION;

EID: 0032579504     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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