Sensory processing in the fast electrosensory pathway of pulse gymnotids studied at multiple integrative levels

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 370-380

  Castelló, María E ^a   Nogueira, Javier ^a   Trujillo Cenóz, Omar ^a   Caputi, Angel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

active electroreception; electrosensory lateral lobe; fast pathway; Gymnotus; onset cells; sensory streaming

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ORGAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PULSE GYMNOTID; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELEOST;

GYMNOTIDAE; GYMNOTUS;

EID: 52949108484     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.04.012     Document Type: Review

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