Larval electroreceptors in the epidermis of mormyrid fish: II. The promormyromast

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 501, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 810-823

  Denizot, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Bensouilah, Mourad ^a   Roesler, Ritva ^b   Schugardt, Christian ^b   Kirschbaum, Frank ^b  

^a Unite de Neurosciences Integratives et Computationnelles   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Afferent innervation; Electric fish; Lateral line receptors; Sensory cell; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC FISH; EPIDERMIS; FISH; INNERVATION; LARVA; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TELEOST;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LARVA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

EID: 33847294644     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21278     Document Type: Article

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