Comparison of bilateral whisker movement in freely exploring and head-fixed adult rats

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 97-114

  Sellien, Heike ^a   Eshenroder, Donna S ^a   Ebner, Ford F ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploration; Somatosensory; Tactile; Vibrissae; Whisker pairing; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CACAO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACE; HEAD MOVEMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MILK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; NOSE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 28844485339     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220400015375     Document Type: Article

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