Modeling signal and background components of electrosensory scenes

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-345

  Chen, Ling ^a   House, Jonathan L ^a   Krahe, Rüdiger ^a,b,c   Nelson, Mark E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric organ; Electrolocation; Electroreception; Natural scenes; Prey capture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GYMNOTIFORMES; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; GYMNOTIFORMES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

EID: 17444404230     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0587-3     Document Type: Article

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