Nonlinear response properties of combination-sensitive electrosensory neurons in the midbrain of Gymnarchus niloticus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 8039-8048

  Carlson, Bruce A ^a   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric fish; Facilitation; Jamming avoidance response; Mormyriform; Suppression; Torus semicircularis

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; GYMNARCHUS NILOTICUS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORIENTATION; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644302101     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2021-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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