A two-dimensional force sensor in the millinewton range for measuring vibrissal contacts

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-167

  Quist, Brian W ^a   Hartmann, Mitra J Z ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact sensor; Force sensor; Vibrissae; Whisker; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSOR; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; VELOCITY; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 46249124000     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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