Theoretical analysis of pre-receptor image conditioning in weakly electric fish

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 0123-0131

  Migliaro, Adriana ^a   Caputi, Angel A ^b   Budelli, Ruben ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Fisiologia de la Reproducción y Ecología de peces   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; HISTOLOGY; OBJECT DETECTION; TISSUE;

'CURRENT; ELECTRIC SOURCES; GNATHONEMUS; IMAGE GENERATIONS; INTERNAL TISSUES; MODELLING STUDIES; QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; WEAKLY ELECTRIC FISH;

FISH;

EID: 33750212592     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010016     Document Type: Article

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