Axon cap morphology of the sea robin (Prionotus carolinus): Mauthner cell is correlated with the presence of "signature" field potentials and a C-Type startle response

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1979-1998

  Zottoli, Steven J ^a,b   Wong, Tina W ^a,b   Agostini, Mark A ^a,b   Meyers, Jason R ^b,c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Colgate University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hindbrain; Mauthner cell; Reticulospinal neurons; Sea robin; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXON CAP; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FISH; GLIA CELL; GOLDFISH; MAUTHNER CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIONOTUS CAROLINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISHES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STARTLE REACTION; SWIMMING;

EID: 79956272605     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22617     Document Type: Article

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