From oscillators to modulators: Behavioral and neural control of modulations of the electric organ discharge in the gymnotiform fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 96, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 459-472

  Zupanc, Günther K H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apteronotus leptorhynchus; Electric fish; Electromotor behavior; Neuromodulation; Neuronal tract tracing

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GYMNOTIFORMES; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCOMOTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

EID: 0042825460     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(03)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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