Neuronal adaptation improves the recognition of temporal patterns in a grasshopper

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

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-319

  Ronacher, B ^a   Hennig, R M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amplitude modulation; Grasshopper; Pattern recognition; Temporal integration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; LIMB; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NOISE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; NOISE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 2942537874     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0498-3     Document Type: Article

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