... range of electroreception, which is the primary sensory modality in electric fish (Caputi et al., 2008 ; Lissmann, 1958 ; von der Emde, 2006). Here, we provide evidence for the identification of the electric field emitted by its own species and for a principal role of the whole time course...

... a single parameter in the stimulus waveform. The finding of waveform distortion sensitivity is relevant because it may contribute to: (a) enhance electroreceptive range in the peripheral ‘electrosensory field’, (b) a better identification of living prey at the ‘foveal electrosensory field’ and (c) detect...

...: Differences in the sensory system that mediates electric communication correlate with differences in social behavior between two sympatric species of African mormyrid fishes. Electroreception Animal communication Sensory processing Sensory ecology Brain evolution Social behavior...

... Competing interests No competing interests declared. 2 11 2012 7 1 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 electric organ discharge electroreception ion channel regulation molecular evolution weakly electric fish In the late 1700s, scientists were...

...Clare V. H. Baker; Melinda S. Modrell; J. Andrew Gillis; Rüdiger Krahe; Eric Fortune Summary Electroreception is an ancient vertebrate sense with a fascinating evolutionary history involving multiple losses as well as independent evolution at least twice within teleosts. We review the phylogenetic...

... of a biotic nature – imposed by electroreceptive predators, reproductive interference from heterospecific congeners, and sexual selection – may be important sources of diversifying selection on Gymnotus signals. * Authors for correspondence ([email protected] ; [email protected]) Author...

... a population code, in which duration is reflected in the population of responding knollenorgans. * Author for correspondence ([email protected]) 22 11 2011 24 3 2012 © 2012. 2012 mormyrid weakly electric fish duration tuning electroreception temporal coding peripheral...

... sensory volume is irrelevant. We varied sensory information during a refuge-tracking task by changing illumination (vision) and conductivity (electroreception). The gain between refuge movement stimuli and fish tracking responses was functionally identical across all sensory conditions. However...

... and phylogeny of neotropical electric fishes (Gymnotiformes) . In Electroreception (ed. Bullock T. H. , Hopkins C. D. , Popper A. N. , Fay R. R. ), pp. 360 - 409 . New York : Springer-Verlag . Bodznick D. , Montgomery J. C. (2005). The physiology of low frequency...

... electroreceptive species can do, but sufficiently low for them to use in navigation or prey and predator detection. This finding challenges the current view of the sensory world of aquatic invertebrates and has implications for the evolution of this ability. * Author for correspondence (d.macmillan...

... elasmobranch electroreception prey detection Urobatis halleri Myliobatis californica Pteroplatytrygon violacea The first paper in this two part series reported relationships of form and function of the mechanosensory lateral line canal system in three stingray species; in the present study...

... range from DC to ca 20 Hz. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) 9 1 2008 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 electroreception paddlefish mesencephalic tectum single unit Electroreception is one of the ancestral vertebrate senses...

... secondary neurons that adjust the principal neurons'sensitivity to afferent inputs. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) 16 5 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 dorsal-octavolateral nucleus electrophysiology electroreception shark synaptic...

...-responsiveness window,we propose that the described cellular mechanisms allow fish streaming self-generated images. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) 5 1 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 intrinsic properties electroreception time coding low...

...Brandon R. Brown SUMMARY Most biological sensory systems benefit from multiple sensors. Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) possess an array of electroreceptive organs that facilitate prey location, mate location and navigation. Here, the perceived electrosensory landscape for an elasmobranch...

... the prey. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) 03 11 2000 15 01 2001 © 2001 by Company of Biologists 2001 computational neuroethology electrolocation electroreception active sensing conductivity sensory ecology nonvisual orienting behaviour...

... by different regions of the electric organ. * e-mail: [email protected] 27 10 2000 03 01 2000 © 2001 by Company of Biologists 2001 electrocommunication electroreception electric organ discharge pre-receptor mechanism gymnotid Gymnotus carapo Brachyhypopomus...

..., anatomy and physiology . In Electroreception (ed. T. H. Bullock and W. Heiligenberg ), pp. 577 – 612 . New York : Wiley . Budelli , R. and Caputi , A. A. (2000). The electric image in weakly electric fish: perception of objects of complex impedance . J. Exp. Biol...

.../BF00340069 Bastian , J. (1986). Electrolocation: behavior, anatomy and physiology . In Electroreception (ed. T. H. Bullock and W. Heiligenberg ), pp. 577 – 612 . New York : Wiley . Bell , C. C. (1989). Sensory coding and corollary discharge effects in mormyrid...

..., generated by electric fish and their distorsions by objects . Biol. Cybernetics 47 , 51 – 58 . 10.1007/BF00340069 Bass , A. H. (1986). Electric organs revisited: evolution of a vertebrate communication and orientation organ . In Electroreception (ed. T. H. Bullock and W...