Resolving competing theories for control of the jamming avoidance response: The role of amplitude modulations in electric organ discharge decelerations

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1377-1386

  Takizawa, Yumi ^a   Rose, Gary J ^b   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Japan Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Eigenmannia; Electric organ discharge; Electroreception; Jamming avoidance response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

EID: 0033136371     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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