Somatosensory organization and behavior in naked mole-rats I: Vibrissa-like body hairs comprise a sensory array that mediates orientation to tactile stimuli

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-151

  Crish, Samuel D ^a   Rice, Frank L ^b   Park, Thomas J ^a   Comer, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind; Guard hairs; Naked mole rat; Orienting; Rodent; Sensorimotor integration; Somatosensory; Subterranean; Touch; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HAIR; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HAIR; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLE RATS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0042529290     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072723     Document Type: Article

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