Perception and coding of envelopes in weakly electric fishes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2393-2402

  Stamper, Sarah A ^a   Fortune, Eric S ^b   Chacron, Maurice J ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrosensory system; Jamming avoidance response; Second order statistics; Social envelope response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROSENSORY SYSTEM; JAMMING AVOIDANCE RESPONSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECOND-ORDER STATISTICS; SENSATION; SOCIAL ENVELOPE RESPONSE;

ELECTROSENSORY SYSTEM; JAMMING AVOIDANCE RESPONSE; SECOND-ORDER STATISTICS; SOCIAL ENVELOPE RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SENSATION;

GYMNOTIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 84879530382     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.082321     Document Type: Review

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