Lateral line units in the amphibian brain could integrate wave curvatures

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

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 777-783

  Behrend, Oliver ^a   Branoner, Francisco ^a   Ziehm, Ulrike ^a   Zhivkov, Zhivko ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Distance; Lateral line; Localisation; Prey

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 48749129354     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0351-1     Document Type: Article

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