Functional architecture of the mystacial vibrissae

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 81-97

  Brecht, Michael ^a,c   Preilowski, Bruno ^a   Merzenich, Micháel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

barrel; neuroethology; somatosensory system; transduction operation of the vibrissa apparatus; vibrissa function; vibrissae morphology; whisker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0031048812     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)83328-1     Document Type: Article

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