Response properties of electrosensory units in the midbrain tectum of the paddlefish (Polyodon spathula Walbaum)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 773-779

  Hofmann, M H ^a,b   Jung, S N ^b   Siebenaller, U ^b   Preissner M ^b   Chagnaud, B P ^a   Wilkens, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electroreception; Mesencephalic tectum; Paddlefish; Single unit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FISH; MESENCEPHALON; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISHES; MESENCEPHALON;

CLADOCERA; POLYODON SPATHULA; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH); SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 42149146158     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009795     Document Type: Article

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