Whisking as a "voluntary" response: Operant control of whisking parameters and effects of whisker denervation

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 179-189

  Gao, P ^a   Ploog, B O ^b   Zeigler, H P ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Deafferentation; Movement; Operant; Whiskers; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENERVATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSOR; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0348174868     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220310001623031-411     Document Type: Article

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