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Duarte,T.T.; Corrêa,S.A.L.; Santana,U.J.; Pereira,A.S.F.; Hoffmann,A.. |
Findings by our group have shown that the dorsolateral telencephalon of Gymnotus carapo sends efferents to the mesencephalic torus semicircularis dorsalis (TSd) and that presumably this connection is involved in the changes in electric organ discharge (EOD) and in skeletomotor responses observed following microinjections of GABA A antagonist bicuculline into this telencephalic region. Other studies have implicated the TSd or its mammalian homologue, the inferior colliculus, in defensive responses. In the present study, we explore the possible involvement of the TSd and of the GABA-ergic system in the modulation of the electric and skeletomotor displays. For this purpose, different doses of bicuculline (0.98, 0.49, 0.245, and 0.015 mM) and muscimol (15.35... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Electric fish; Torus semicircularis dorsalis; GABA-ergic system; Electromotor modulation; Agonistic behavior. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000700013 |
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Maxime,Emmanuel L.; Albert,James S.. |
Herein Gymnotus chaviro is described from the Alto Yuruá (upper rio Juruá) of southeastern Peru, where it is locally abundant in terra firme streams and floodplain oxbow lakes, and occurs sympatrically and syntopically with the type species of the genus G. carapo. The new species is diagnosed by a unique combination of morphometric, meristic, and osteological traits, and a characteristic color pattern in which the dark band-pairs are unbranched and incompletely separated, and the pale inter-bands rarely reach to the dorsal mid-line on the anterior half of the body, being crescent-shaped in abdominal area. Gymnotus chaviro is a member of the G. carapo species group, with which it shares the presence of two pores in the dorsolateral portion of the... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amazon; Biodiversity; Electric fish; Neotropical fish. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252009000400004 |
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Mendes-Júnior,Raimundo Nonato Gomes; Sá-Oliveira,Júlio César; Vasconcelos,Huann Carllo Gentil; Costa-Campos,Carlos Eduardo; Araújo,Andrea Soares. |
ABSTRACT In this study, the composition of the diet and the feeding activity of Electrophorus varii were evaluated. The influence of ontogeny and seasonality in these feeding parameters was also examined. Fish were collected in the Curiaú River Basin, Amazon, Brazil, from March 2005 to February 2006, during the rainy (January-June) and dry (July-December) seasons. Diet composition was characterized based on the analysis of stomach contents and feeding dynamics was assessed based on the Stomach Fullness Index (IR) calculated using stomach weight. Stomach content and RI data were grouped into four-cm size classes (40-80, 80-120, 120-160, and 160-200) and two seasonal periods (rainy and dry). The influence of ontogeny and seasonality in the diet was... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amapá; Electric fish; Feeding Activity; Floodplain; Piscivory. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252020000300202 |
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