Frequency response functions and information capacities of paired spider mechanoreceptor neurons

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-300

  French, Andrew S ^a   Höger, Ulli ^a   Sekizawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Torkkeli, Päivi H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS; SPIDERS;

EID: 0035486772     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220100260     Document Type: Article

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