Bruce A. Carlson

Neuroanatomy of the mormyrid electromotor control system.

Single-unit activity patterns in nuclei that control the electromotor command nucleus during spontaneous electric signal production in the mormyrid Brienomyrus brachyistius.

Electric signaling behavior and the mechanisms of electric organ discharge production in mormyrid fish.

Central control of electric signaling behavior in the mormyrid Brienomyrus brachyistius: segregation of behavior-specific inputs and the role of modifiable recurrent inhibition.

Nonlinear response properties of combination-sensitive electrosensory neurons in the midbrain of Gymnarchus niloticus.

Electric organ discharge patterns during group hunting by a mormyrid fish.

Ambiguous encoding of stimuli by primary sensory afferents causes a lack of independence in the perception of multiple stimulus attributes.

Stimulus selectivity is enhanced by voltage-dependent conductances in combination-sensitive neurons.

From stimulus estimation to combination sensitivity: encoding and processing of amplitude and timing information in parallel, convergent sensory pathways.

Phantoms in the brain: ambiguous representations of stimulus amplitude and timing in weakly electric fish.

Temporal-pattern recognition by single neurons in a sensory pathway devoted to social communication behavior.

Brain evolution triggers increased diversification of electric fishes.

A diversity of synaptic filters are created by temporal summation of excitation and inhibition.

Neural innovations and the diversification of African weakly electric fishes.

Diversity matters: the importance of comparative studies and the potential for synergy between neuroscience and evolutionary biology.

Sensory receptor diversity establishes a peripheral population code for stimulus duration at low intensities.

How do short-term changes at synapses fine-tune information processing?

Evolution and animal models-reply.

Extensive Excitatory Network Interactions Shape Temporal Processing of Communication Signals in a Model Sensory System.

Multiplexed temporal coding of electric communication signals in mormyrid fishes.