Structure and function of neurons in the complex of the nucleus electrosensorius of Sternopygus and Eigenmannia: Diencephalic substrates for the evolution of the jamming avoidance response

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-103

  Green, Richard L ^a   Rose, Gary J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diencephalon; Eigenmannia; Electroreception; Fish; Gymnotiform; Jamming avoidance response; Sternopygus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FISH; GYMNOTIFORMES; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DIENCEPHALON; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GYMNOTIFORMES; NEURONS;

EIGENMANNIA; GYMNOTIFORMES; STERNOPYGUS;

EID: 3242778715     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079118     Document Type: Article

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