Social and ecological regulation of a decision-making circuit

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3180-3188

  Neumeister, H ^a   Whitaker, K W ^b,c   Hofmann, H A ^b,d,e   Preuss, T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Institute for Neuroscience   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Institute for Cellular Molecular Biology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MAUTHNER CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SYNAPSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BIOTA; CICHLIDS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESCAPE REACTION; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STARTLE REACTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 78650879095     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00574.2010     Document Type: Article

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