Characterizing the functional significance of the neonatal rat vibrissae prior to the onset of whisking

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-162

  Sullivan, Regina M ^a   Landers, Margo S ^b   Flemming, Jennifer ^a   Vaught, Cara ^a   Young, Theresa A ^a   Polan, H Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical barrels; Development; Huddling; Mother infant interactions; Nipple attachment; Plasticity; Vibrissae; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0038618802     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022031000105190     Document Type: Article

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