Unilateral vibrissa contact: Changes in amplitude but not timing of rhythmic whisking

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-169

  Sachdev, Robert N S ^a,c   Berg, Rune W ^b   Champney, Gregory ^a   Kleinfeld, David ^b   Ebner, Ford F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Rat; Synchrony; Touch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOUCH; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACIAL MUSCLES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0038618801     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220311000405208     Document Type: Article

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