Functional foveae in an electrosensory system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 511, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-359

  Bacelo, Joao ^a   Engelmann, Jacob ^b   Hollmann, Michael ^b   Von Der Emde, Gerhard ^b   Grant, Kirsty ^a  

^a Unite de Neurosciences Integratives et Computationnelles   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central magnification; Electroreception; Fovea; Gnathonemus; Mormyrid; Mormyromast; Peripheral scaling

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FISH; FOVEAE; IMAGING; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC ORGAN; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; HEAD; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 56649111813     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21843     Document Type: Article

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