Ontogenetic changes in the response properties of individual, primary auditory afferents in the vocal plainfin midshipman fish Porichthys notatus Girard

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3121-3131

  Sisneros, Joseph A ^a,b   Bass, Andrew H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory neuron; Hearing; Midshipman fish; Ontogeny; Porichthys notatus; Saccule; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BODY SIZE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VESTIBULE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BODY SIZE; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SACCULE AND UTRICLE;

PORICHTHYS NOTATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 25144458078     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01742     Document Type: Article

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