The neurobiology and behavior of the American water shrew (Sorex palustris)

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

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 545-554

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Neocortex; Predator; Prey; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BREATHING MECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REVIEW; SHREW; TOUCH; VIBRISSA; VISION; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SHREWS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRISSAE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84878437071     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0781-7     Document Type: Review

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