Emergence of temporal-pattern sensitive neurons in the midbrain of weakly electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 96, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 531-537

  Kawasaki, Masashi ^a,b   Guo, Yuan Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combination sensitivity; Electric fish; In vivo whole cell recording; Jamming avoidance response; Spatio temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GYMNARCHUS NILOTICUS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0041322726     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(03)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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