Pre-receptor profile of sensory images and primary afferent neuronal representation in the mormyrid electrosensory system

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2443-2453

  Gómez, Leonel ^a   Budelli, Ruben ^a   Grant, Kirsty ^b   Caputi, Angel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Distributed sensory representation; Electric fish; Electric image; Electrolocation; Electrosensory lobe; Latency code; Mexican hat

Indexed keywords

METAL; PLASTIC;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; MICROELECTRODE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METALS; MICROELECTRODES; PERCEPTION; PLASTICS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ELECTRIC FISH; GNATHONEMUS; GNATHONEMUS PETERSII;

EID: 3543006616     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01053     Document Type: Article

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