Electroreception
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 exten
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Theodore H. Bullock Carl D. Hopkins Arthur N. Popper Richard R. Fay Editors
Electroreception
With 118 illustrations and two color illustrations
Theodore H. Bullock Department of Neurosciences School of Medicine University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0240, USA [email protected]
Carl D. Hopkins Department of Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14583, USA [email protected]
Arthur N. Popper Department of Biology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742, USA [email protected]
Richard R. Fay Parmly Hearing Institute and Department of Psychology Loyola University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60626, USA [email protected]
Cover illustration: Gymnotiform fishes from South America utilize electroreception for passive sensing of prey, for active sensing objects detected as distortions in their own electric fields, and for sensing electric communication signals generated from their electric organs. A few of the 27 known genera of gymnotiforms are illustrated: Electrophorus, Gymnotus, Microsternarchus, Brachyhypopomus, Hypopomus, Racenisia, Hypopygus, Steatogenys, Rhamphichthys, and Gymnorhamphichthys (see J.S. Albert and W.G.R. Crampton, p. 364, for key).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Electroreception / Theodore H. Bullock (editor) . . . [et al.] p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-387-23192-7 1. Electroreceptors. I. Bullock, Theodore Holmes. QP447.5.E44 2005 573.8'7—dc22 ISBN 10: 0-387-23192-7 ISBN 13: 978-0387-23192-1
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Volume Dedication
This volume is dedicated to the memories of two true pioneers in the study of electroreception, Walter Heiligenberg and Thomas Szabo. The contributions that Walter and Tom made to our understanding of electroreception are truly monumental, and their discoveries, and those of the students and others they influenced, permeate this volume. Thomas Szabo (d. 1994) was the director of the Laboratory of Sensory Physiology at the CNRS in Paris. Along with many co-workers, Thomas was a pioneer in electroreception, especially in its peripheral and central histological basis. Thomas not only did wonderful work in the labor
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