Biomechanics of the vibrissa motor plant in rat: Rhythmic whisking consists of triphasic neuromuscular activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3438-3455

  Hill, Dan N ^a,b   Bermejo, Roberto ^c   Zeigler, H Philip ^c   Kleinfeld, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Central pattern generator; EMG (electromyogram); Motor control; Movement (motion; motor activity); Rat; Vibrissa (whisker)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LONG EVANS RAT; MAXILLOLABIALIS MUSCLE; MOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PLANT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYSTACIAL PAD; NASOLABIALIS MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 39449116578     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5008-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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