Mechanical characteristics of rat vibrissae: Resonant frequencies and damping in isolated whiskers and in the awake behaving animal

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 6510-6519

  Hartmann, Mitra J ^a   Johnson, Nicholas J ^a   Towal, R Blythe ^a   Assad, Christopher ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge detection; Exploration; Exploratory behavior; Rat; Resonance; Tactile; Tactual; Vibration; Vibrissae; Whiskers; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION; VIBRISSA; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0041865221     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-16-06510.2003     Document Type: Article

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