The structure and size of sensory bursts encode stimulus information but only size affects behavior

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

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-320

  Marsat, Gary ^a   Pollack, Gerald S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bursting; Cricket; Sensory coding; Temporal coding; Ultrasound avoidance

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; GRYLLIDAE; INTERNEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GRYLLIDAE; INTERNEURONS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 77952241217     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0514-8     Document Type: Article

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