Active electrolocation in pulse gymnotids: Sensory consequences of objects' mutual polarization

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1533-1541

  Aguilera, Pedro A ^a   Pereira, Ana Carolina ^a   Caputi, Ángel A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Electric fish; Electric images; Novelty responses; Sensory scene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GYMNOTIFORMES; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GYMNOTIFORMES; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860122755     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.067223     Document Type: Article

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