Active wall following by Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus)

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

Volumn 196, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 853-867

  Patton, Paul ^a   Windsor, Shane ^b   Coombs, Sheryl ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Astyanax; Exploratory behavior; Lateral line; Spatial cognition; Wall following

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLINDNESS; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; MOVEMENT; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SWIMMING;

EID: 78049285698     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0567-8     Document Type: Article

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