Waveform diversity of electric organ discharges: the role of electric organ auto-excitability in Gymnotus spp.

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This article shows that differences in the waveforms of the electric organ discharges (EODs) from two taxa are due to the different responsiveness of their electric organs (EOs) to their previous activity (auto-excitability). We compared Gymnotus omarorum endemic to Uruguay (35 degrees South, near a big estuary), which has four components in the head to tail electric field (V(1) to V(4)), with Gymnotus sp....

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