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Lateral Line System

Known as: Organ, Lateral Line, System, Lateral Line, Lateral Line Organs 
Aquatic vertebrate sensory system in fish and amphibians. It is composed of sense organs (canal organs and pit organs) containing neuromasts… 
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2004
Review
2004
Hair cells in ascidians and the evolution of lateral line placodes
The vertebrate hair cells are ciliary highly differentiated mechanoreceptors whose name derives from the peculiar microvilli… 
1990
1990
Synaptic potentials in afferent fibers innervating hair cells of the lateral line organ in Xenopus laevis
1983
1983
Influence of Ca2+ on the mechanosensitivity of the hair cells in the lateral line organs of Necturus maculosus.
The degree of synchronization (DOS) between the afferent spike activity from one stitch of the lateral line of Necturus maculosus… 
1982
1982
Accuracy of taxis response to water waves in the clawed toad (Xenopus laevis Daudin) with intact or with lesioned lateral line system
Summary1.The accuracy of taxis response in blinded adult clawed toads (Xenopus laevis Daudin) to water surface waves was measured… 
1975
1975
Effects of different ionic environments on the mechano-sensitivity of lateral line organs in the mudpuppy
Summary1.The lateral line organ ofNecturus maculosus was stimulated with water vibrations, and the degree of synchronization… 
1975
1975
Electrical and mechanical stimulation of hair cells in the mudpuppy
Summary1.The lateral line organ ofNecturus maculosus was stimulated with extracellular sine wave current, and the effect on the… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Neurotransmitter synthesis in inner ear and lateral line sense organs
HAIR cells of inner ear sense organs and of lateral line organs in fish are innervated by afferent nerve fibres, to which they… 
1974
1974
The ultrastructure of lateral line sense organs in the juvenile salamander Ambystoma mexicanum
SummaryLateral line organs in young salamanders of the species Ambystoma mexicanum were investigated with scanning and… 
1972
1972
Video recordings of prey capture behaviour and associated electric organ discharge of Torpedo marmorata (Chondrichthyes)
The results of an analysis of 16 laboratory records of Torpedo marmorata Risso attacks are presented: when a fish swims near a T… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
The microphonic effect of the lateral line organ: A study on the biophysics and the function of the lateral line organ of Acernina cernua L.
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