Primary afferent electrosensory neurons represent paddlefish natural prey

Neurocomputing

Volumn 38-40, Issue , 2001, Pages 451-458

  Wojtenek, W ^a   Hofmann, M H ^a   Wilkens, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrosensory; Neuronal ambiguity; Plankton dipole; Pyramidal like cell

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

NEURONS;

NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ELECTRIC FIELD; FISH; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREY; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0035384103     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(01)00381-2     Document Type: Article

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