Principles of Electrolocation and Jamming Avoidance in Electric Fish A Neuroethological Approach /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heiligenberg, W. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1977.
Edition:1st ed. 1977.
Series:Studies of Brain Function, 1
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81161-6
Table of Contents:
  • A. Introduction
  • B. General Physiological and Anatomical Background
  • I.The Electric Organ
  • II.Electroreceptors
  • III. Taxonomy of Electrolocating Fish
  • IV. The Spectral Composition of Electric Organ Discharges
  • V.The Neuroanatomy of Electric Fish
  • C. The Mechanism of Electrolocation
  • I. Spatial Aspects of Electrolocation
  • II. Response Characteristics and Central Projections of Tuberous Electroreceptors
  • III.Central Processing of Electric Images
  • IV. Behavioral Measures of Electrolocation Performance
  • V. Electrolocation Performance in the Presence of Electric Noise and Mechanisms of Jamming Avoidance
  • VI. Neuronal Mechanisms Linked to Jamming Avoidance and Electrolocation Under Jamming Conditions. Hypotheses and Results
  • VII. Speculations on the Evolution of Pulse- and Wave-Type Electric Fish
  • References.