Neural command of electromotor output in mormyrids

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1399-1407

  Grant, Kirsty ^a   Von Der Emde, Gerhard ^c   Sena, Leonel Gomez ^b   Mohr, Claudia ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Electric fish; Electric organ discharge; Gnathonemus petersii; Mormyrid; Motor command; Precommand nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033024241     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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