Infrastructure in the electric sense: Admittance data from shark hydrogels

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

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-123

  Brown, Brandon R ^a   Hughes, Mary E ^b   Russo, Clementina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Electrosensory; Morphology; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; HYDROGEL; IMPEDANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; HYDROGELS; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17644387254     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0579-3     Document Type: Article

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