Time-Comparator Neural Circuits of Gymnotiform Electric Fishes.

Abstract

Weakly electric fish possess electrosensory neural systems that are dedicated to detect microsecond time differences between sensory signals. Many features of this timing system, such as electroreceptor encoding, time-locked responses, and time-comparator neural circuit, are shared by closely related as well as distantly related electric fishes. The appearance and location of the time-comparator neural structures, however, are different among species. The timing systems of different electric fish species are compared.