A novel stimulus system for applying tactile stimuli to the macrovibrissae in electrophysiological experiments

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-117

  Rajan, R ^a   Bourke, Justin ^a   Cassell, John ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Vibrissae; Whisker deflection; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRISSA; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33747825417     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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