Fish geometry and electric organ discharge determine functional organization of the electrosensory epithelium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Sanguinetti Scheck, Juan Ignacio ^a   Pedraja, Eduardo Federico ^a   Cilleruelo, Esteban ^b   Migliaro, Adriana ^a   Aguilera, Pedro ^b   Caputi, Angel Ariel ^b   Budelli, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRORECEPTOR; ELECTROSENSORY EPITHELIUM; FISH; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; PERCEPTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; TAIL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; GYMNOTIFORMES; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

GYMNOTIFORMES; GYMNOTUS; MORMYRIFORMES;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EPITHELIUM; GYMNOTIFORMES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 80855157446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027470     Document Type: Article

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