Two psychophysical channels of whisker deflection in rats align with two neuronal classes of primary afferents

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 7933-7941

  Stüttgen, Maik C ^a   Rüter, Johannes ^a   Schwarz, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection; Head fixation; Kinematics; Somatosensory system; Trigeminal ganglion; Vibrissal system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIBRISSA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33747080819     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1864-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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