Swim pacemakers in box jellyfish are modulated by the visual input

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 641-651

  Garm, A ^a,b   Bielecki, J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cubomedusae; Firing frequency; Inter signal interval; Swim pacemaker; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CUBOZOA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SWIMMING; TIME; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CUBOZOA; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 46649104055     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0336-0     Document Type: Article

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