"Electric Organ" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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In about 250 species of electric fishes, modified muscle fibers forming disklike multinucleate plates arranged in stacks like batteries in series and embedded in a gelatinous matrix. A large torpedo ray may have half a million plates. Muscles in different parts of the body may be modified, i.e., the trunk and tail in the electric eel, the hyobranchial apparatus in the electric ray, and extrinsic eye muscles in the stargazers. Powerful electric organs emit pulses in brief bursts several times a second. They serve to stun prey and ward off predators. A large torpedo ray can produce of shock of more than 200 volts, capable of stunning a human. (Storer et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p672)
| Descriptor ID |
D004557
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.332
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| Concept/Terms |
Electric Organ- Electric Organ
- Electric Organs
- Organ, Electric
- Organs, Electric
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| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electric Organ" by people in Profiles.
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Dynamics of a neuronal pacemaker in the weakly electric fish Apteronotus. Sci Rep. 2020 10 07; 10(1):16707.
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Neuronal Dynamics Underlying Communication Signals in a Weakly Electric Fish: Implications for Connectivity in a Pacemaker Network. Neuroscience. 2019 03 01; 401:21-34.
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A model for studying the energetics of sustained high frequency firing. PLoS One. 2018; 13(4):e0196508.
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The complexity of high-frequency electric fields degrades electrosensory inputs: implications for the jamming avoidance response in weakly electric fish. J R Soc Interface. 2018 01; 15(138).
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Ultrafast traveling wave dominates the electric organ discharge of Apteronotus leptorhynchus: an inverse modelling study. Sci Rep. 2015 Oct 30; 5:15780.
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Action potential energetics at the organismal level reveal a trade-off in efficiency at high firing rates. J Neurosci. 2014 Jan 01; 34(1):197-201.
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The energetics of electric organ discharge generation in gymnotiform weakly electric fish. J Exp Biol. 2013 Jul 01; 216(Pt 13):2459-68.
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The neuroethology of electrocommunication: how signal background influences sensory encoding and behaviour in Apteronotus leptorhynchus. J Physiol Paris. 2013 Jan-Apr; 107(1-2):13-25.
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Coding conspecific identity and motion in the electric sense. PLoS Comput Biol. 2012; 8(7):e1002564.
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In vitro studies of closed-loop feedback and electrosensory processing in Apteronotus leptorhynchus. J Physiol Paris. 2008 Jul-Nov; 102(4-6):173-80.