Fiber Types of the Intrinsic Whisker Muscle and Whisking Behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 3386-3393

  Jin, Tae Eun ^a   Witzemann, Veit ^a   Brecht, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Muscle fiber; Myosin heavy chain; Vibrissas; Whisker; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VELOCITY; VIBRISSA; VIDEORECORDER;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; MICE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PERIODICITY; PILOERECTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRISSAE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 1842454088     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5151-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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