Neuronal sensitivity to microsecond time disparities in the electrosensory system of Gymnarchus niloticus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 49, 2005, Pages 11424-11432

  Matsushita, Atsuko ^a   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaural comparison; Coincidence detection; Electric fish; Electrosensory lateral line lobe; Jamming avoidance response; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; GYMNARCHUS NILOTICUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY SYSTEM; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE NET; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30544440366     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3670-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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