Reciprocal neural connections between the central posterior/prepacemaker nucleus and nucleus G in the gymnotiform fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-25

  Zupanc, Günther K H ^a,b   Corrêa, Sônia A L ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apteronotus leptorhynchus; Chirping behavior; Electric fish; Electric organ discharge; Glomerular nucleus; Gymnotiformes; Neuronal tract tracing; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; GYMNOTIFORMES; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC ORGAN; GYMNOTIFORMES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

APTERONOTUS; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; ELECTRIC FISH; GYMNOTIFORMES; NEMICHTHYS; TELEOST FISH; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 11444258644     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081107     Document Type: Article

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