The decoding of electrosensory systems

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-480

  Fortune, Eric S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRORECEPTOR; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746561804     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.06.006     Document Type: Review

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