title: Phase-sensitive midbrain neurons in Eigenmannia: neural correlates of the jamming avoidance response.
abstract: Neurons in the torus semicircularis of the weakly electric fish Eigenmannia encode phase differences between sinusoidal electrical stimuli received in different body regions. These fish normally experience time-varying phase differences when the electric organ discharge fields of two or more individuals overlap. These phase differences supply information necessary for the animal's jamming avoidance behavior.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D004557:Electric Organ / Q000502:physiology*; D004924:Escape Reaction / Q000502:physiology; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D010507:Periodicity; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors