Reversible blockade of rodent whisking: Botulinum toxin as a tool for developmental studies

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 358-363

  Landers, Margo ^a   Pytte, Carolyn ^b   Zeigler, H Philip ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Development; Experience; VII motor nerve; Whisking

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE BLOCK; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0036910455     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022021000037818     Document Type: Article

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