Electroreception

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bullock, Theodore H. (Editor), Hopkins, Carl D. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 21
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Animal physiology.; Neurobiology.; Vertebrates.; Life Sciences.; Behavioral Sciences.; Animal Physiology.

Electroreception has become one of the most revealing areas in the study of the neural basis of behavior, and neurobiologists recognize it as a model sensory system for experimental study. Through studies of electroreception, researchers have gained extensive knowledge about a complete sensory syste...

Table of Contents:

• Explaining Electroreception
• From Electrogenesis to Electroreception: An Overview
• Morphology of Electroreceptive Sensory Organs
• Central Neuroanatomy of Electrosensory Systems in Fish
• Ontogeny of Electroreceptors and Their Neural Circuitry
• The Physiology of Low-Frequency Electrosensory Systems
• Physiology of Tuberous Electrosensory Systems
• Plasticity of Sense Organs and Brain
• Behavior of Animals with Passive, Low-Frequency Electrosensory Systems
• Passive Electrolocation and the Sensory Guidance of Oriented Behavior
• Target Detection, Image Analysis, and Modeling
• Comparing Octavolateralis Sensory Systems: What Can We Learn?
• Diversity and Phylogeny of Neotropical Electric Fishes (Gymnotiformes)
• Electric Organs and Their Control.