ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2006
Regulation and modulation of electric waveforms in gymnotiform electric fish.
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- Studying convergent evolution to relate genotype to behavioral phenotype.The Journal of experimental biology · 2020Review
- Spooky Interaction at a Distance in Cave and Surface Dwelling Electric Fishes.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2020Article
- Unique patterns of transcript and miRNA expression in the South American strong voltage electric eel (Electrophorus electricus).BMC genomics · 2015Article
- Neuromodulation of early electrosensory processing in gymnotiform weakly electric fish.The Journal of experimental biology · 2013Review
- Behavioral ecology, endocrinology and signal reliability of electric communication.The Journal of experimental biology · 2013Review
- Social regulation of electric signal plasticity in male Brachyhypopomus gauderio.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2013Article
- Signal modulation as a mechanism for handicap disposal.Animal behaviour · 2012Article
- Testosterone and 11-ketotestosterone have different regulatory effects on electric communication signals of male Brachyhypopomus gauderio.Hormones and behavior · 2011Article
- Environmental complexity, seasonality and brain cell proliferation in a weakly electric fish, Brachyhypopomus gauderio.The Journal of experimental biology · 2011Article
- Neurobiology of vocal communication: mechanisms for sensorimotor integration and vocal patterning.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2010Review
- Social competition affects electric signal plasticity and steroid levels in the gymnotiform fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio.Hormones and behavior · 2009Article
- From molecules to behavior: organismal-level regulation of ion channel trafficking.PLoS biology · 2009Article
- Androgens enhance plasticity of an electric communication signal in female knifefish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus.Hormones and behavior · 2009Article
- Sex differences and androgen influences on midbrain auditory thresholds in the green treefrog, Hyla cinerea.Hearing research · 2009Article
- Plastic and stable electrophysiological properties of adult avian forebrain song-control neurons across changing breeding conditions.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2009Article
- Melanocortins regulate the electric waveforms of gymnotiform electric fish.Hormones and behavior · 2009Article
- Plasticity of electric organ discharge waveform in the South African Bulldog fish, Marcusenius pongolensis: tradeoff between male attractiveness and predator avoidance?Frontiers in zoology · 2008Article
- Circadian rhythms in electric waveform structure and rate in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus.Physiology & behavior · 2007Article
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Abstract
Weakly electric gymnotiform fish specialize in the regulation and modulation of the action potentials that make up their multi-purpose electric signals. To produce communication signals, gymnotiform fish modulate the waveforms of their electric organ discharges (EODs) over timescales spanning ten orders of magnitude within the animal's life cycle: developmental, reproductive, circadian, and behavioral. Rapid changes lasting milliseconds to seconds are the result of direct neural control of action potential firing in the electric organ. Intermediate-term changes taking minutes to hours result from the action of melanocortin peptides, the pituitary hormones that induce skin darkening and cortisol release in many vertebrates. Long-term changes in the EOD waveform taking days to weeks result from the action of sex steroids on the electrocytes in the electric organ as well as changes in the neural control structures in the brain. These long-term changes in the electric organ seem to be associated with changes in the expression of voltage-gated ion channels in two gene families. Electric organs express multiple voltage-gated sodium channel genes, at least one of which seems to be regulated by androgens. Electric organs also express multiple subunits of the shaker (Kv1) family of voltage-gated potassium channels. Expression of the Kv1 subtype has been found to vary with the duration of the waveform in the electric signal. Our increasing understanding of the mechanisms underlying precise control of electric communication signals may yield significant insights into the diversity of natural mechanisms available for modifying the performance of ion channels in excitable membranes. These mechanisms may lead to better understanding of normal function in a wide range of physiological systems and future application in treatment of disease states involving pathology of excitable membranes.
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