Neural recordings from the lateral line in free-swimming toadfish, Opsanus...

The Biological Bulletin;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......aquatic amphibians have evolved a unique lateral line system that detects local water displacements. The lateral line functions in surface feeding, rheotaxis...recording techniques, the activity of the lateral line during movement is difficult to quantify...

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS SHARKS USE THEIR NOSES, BODIES TO LOCATE SMELLS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......their skin - specifically a location called the lateral line. The lateral line is an organ used by all fish to detect, with...Until now, it had not been demonstrated that the lateral line also aids in the tracking of odor plumes. "Odor...

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED SENSORS CAN AUGMENT SONAR, VISION SYSTEM IN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 21, 2007 ;     562 words ......the sides of their bodies, called the lateral line. Now, a research team led by Chang Liu...Urbana-Champaign has built an artificial lateral line that can provide the same functions...vehicles. "Our development of an artificial lateral line is aimed at enhancing human ability...

Rackspace & Appliant.com Deliver Peak Performance; Managed Hosting Company...

PR Newswire;  November 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ......performance measurement, to offer its Lateral Line(TM) service to Rackspace's worldwide...provider, or a server. Appliant.com's Lateral Line is a unique hosted Internet infrastructure...possible Web experience to their customers. Lateral Line provides real-time reports to allow...

Appliant.com Launches New Version of Lateral Line, Redefines Internet...

PR Newswire;  October 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ......performance management with the announcement of Lateral Line(TM) 2.0. Lateral Line 2.0, a Web-based, hosted service, generates...customer feedback, coupled with market research, Lateral Line 2.0 incorporates new features and functionality...

lateral line

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      40 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 lateral line a row of sensory organs along each side of the head and body in fishes and a few amphibians, probably for detecting vibrations, currents, and pressure Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Sharp focus.(Features)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  August 5, 1999 ;     434 words ......multimedia solutions for Glasgow design company Lateral Line. He works three days with Lateral Line and spends the other two days at the University...life with both his family and employers at Lateral Line. Willie's attitude is that you may have...

Biological mechanoreceptors point the way. (Guest Editorial).(discussion...

Sensors Magazine;  July 1, 2002 ;     451 words ......all hearing animals, also populate the lateral line system of fish. One use of these lateral line mechanoreceptors is exhibited in schooling...paying no attention to one another. Sharks' lateral line sensors can detect prey within 100 yd...

FISH HAVE MORE SENSE THAN YOU THINK

Post-Tribune (IN);  June 25, 1989 ;     700+ words ......to eyes and ears, fish are equipped with a "lateral line." Some experts feel this is an extension of...shown salmon swiping at a lure, rubbing their lateral line against it. "The lateral line runs down both sides of the fish's body just...

Bimodal units in the torus semicircularis of the toadfish (opsanus...

The Biological Bulletin;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......ventrolateralis receives input from lateral line areas in the medulla (2). Here we report...sensitivity (tentatively identified as lateral line) by producing hydrodynamic disturbances...the hydrodynamic assay for putative lateral line sensitivity. Some units demonstrate...

ALASKA REGULATORY COMMISSION ISSUES ORDER IN MATTER OF APPLICATION BY...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......pipeline at a receipt point with the State Lateral Line to Marathon's production facilities...construct the connection of the State Lateral Line to KKPL's pipeline and moved for expedited...temporary authority to construct the State Lateral Line. We also required KKPL to file a ...

Zebrafish to the rescue!(ONLINE)(Brief article)

The Hearing Review;  April 1, 2008 ;     166 words ......developed a research method that relies on a zebrafish's lateral line--the faint line running down each side of a fish that enables...against hearing loss due to use of some medications. The fish's lateral line contains sensory cells that are functionally similar to those...

Bryconamericus turiuba, a New Species from the Upper Rio Paraná System...

Copeia;  May 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......from the dorsal-fin origin to the lateral line; shallow body (depth 23.6-30.6% of SL); 37-43 perforated lateral line scales; first, third, and fifth...humeral spot, extending to below the lateral line; a dark dorsal stripe extending...

SHARKS AND RAYS

Young Students Learning Library;      605 words ......also learn about their surroundings through a lateral line. The lateral line is made of special canals that run along the...body, under the skin, from head to tail. The lateral line senses pressure waves and vibrations in the water...

First Occurrence of Speckletail Flounder, Engyophrys sanctilaurentii...

Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences);  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......rounded caudal fin; high arch in lateral line over the pectoral fin and a short anterior bifurcating branch; no lateral line on the blind side. The specimen...rays--11; pelvic fin rays--6; lateral line pores, eyed side--65; and lateral...