Active sensation: insights from the rodent vibrissa sensorimotor system

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 435-444

  Kleinfeld, David ^a   Ahissar, Ehud ^b   Diamond, Mathew E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORIENTATION; RATS; RODENTIA; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33746549139     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.06.009     Document Type: Review

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