Whisker plucking alters responses of rat trigeminal ganglion neurons

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 233-238

  Shetty, Pranav ^a   Shoykhet, Michael ^a   Simons, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel; Plasticity; Plucking; Sensory deprivation; Somatosensory; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR REMOVAL; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0348141038     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220310001622951     Document Type: Article

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