Electroreception: Fundamental Insights from Comparative Approaches

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carlson, Bruce A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sisneros, Joseph A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fay, Richard R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 70
• Subjects: Neurosciences.

This book provides a comparative perspective on the topic of electroreception and reviews some of the fundamental insights gained from studies of electrosensory and electromotor systems to understand how the nervous system extracts biologically relevant information from the natural environment A Bri...

Table of Contents:

• A Brief History of Electrogenesis and Electroreception in Fishes
• The Development and Evolution of Lateral Line Electroreceptors: Insights from Comparative Molecular Approaches
• Electrosensory Transduction: Comparisons Across Structure, Afferent Response Properties, and Cellular Physiology
• The Evolution and Development of Electric Organs
• Biophysical Basis of Electric Signal Diversity
• Hormonal Influences on Social Behavior in South American Weakly Electric Fishes
• Evolutionary Drivers of Electric Signal Diversity
• Using Control Theory to Characterize Active Sensing in Weakly Electric Fishes
• Envelope Coding and Processing: Implications for Perception and Behavior
• Evolution of Sub-millisecond Temporal Coding in Vertebrate Electrosensory and Auditory Systems
• Influences of Motor Systems on Electrosensory Processing
• Active Electrolocation and Spatial Learning.