Effects of restraint and immobilization on electrosensory behaviors of weakly electric fish

ILAR Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-372

  Hitschfeld, Éva M ^a   Stamper, Sarah A ^b   Vonderschen, Katrin ^a   Fortune, Eric S ^b   Chacron, Maurice J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curare; Distress; Electric fish; Electric organ discharge (EOD); Electrocommunication; Immobilization; Jamming avoidance response (JAR); Pain; Restraint; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EXERCISE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 72749097093     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.50.4.361     Document Type: Article

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