Electrolocation and electrocommunication in pulse gymnotids: Signal carriers, pre-receptor mechanisms and the electrosensory mosaic

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 96, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 493-505

  Caputi, Angel A ^a   Castelló, María E ^a   Aguilera, Pedro ^a   Trujillo Cenóz, Omar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Electric fish; Electric image; Electrocommunication; Electrolocation; Electroreception; EOD waveform; Fovea; Gymnotiforms; Pre receptor processing

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRORECEPTOR; GYMNOTIFORMES; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0041629628     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(03)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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