Topography of whisking II: Interaction of whisker and pad

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-220

  Bermejo, R ^a   Friedman, W ^a   Zeigler, H P ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor system; Movement; Pad; Topography; Whisker; Whisking

Indexed keywords

AIR; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; KINEMATICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHYTHM; TOPOGRAPHY; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 28844445690     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220500262505     Document Type: Article

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