Neural responses of goldfish lateral line afferents to vortex motions

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 327-342

  Chagnaud, Boris Phillippe ^a   Bleckmann, Horst ^a   Engelmann, Jacob ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carassius auratus; Particle image velocimetry; Posterior lateral line; Teleost fish

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; GOLDFISH; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; WATER FLOW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GOLDFISH; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RHEOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 32444447233     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01982     Document Type: Article

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