Response properties of electrosensory afferent fibers and secondary brain stem neurons in the paddlefish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4213-4222

  Hofmann, Michael H ^a   Chagnaud, Boris ^a   Wilkens, Lon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal octavolateral nucleus; Paddlefish; Passive electroreception; Polyodon spathula; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SKIN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FISHES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; POLYODON SPATHULA;

EID: 29044431912     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01896     Document Type: Article

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