Walter Heiligenberg: The jamming avoidance response and beyond

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

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 561-572

  Zupanc, G K H ^a,b   Bullock, T H ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astatotilapia (Haplochromis) burtoni; Cichlid fish; Eigenmannia sp.; Electric fish; Electrolocation; Law of heterogenous summation; Parallel processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRIC FISH; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRIC FISH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33646449341     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0098-5     Document Type: Review

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