Active vibrissal sensing in rodents and marsupials

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1581, 2011, Pages 3037-3048

  Mitchinson, Ben ^a   Grant, Robyn A ^a   Arkley, Kendra ^a   Rankov, Vladan ^a   Perkon, Igor ^b,c,d   Prescott, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Monodelphis domestica; Touch; Vibrissae; Whisking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MARSUPIAL; MOVEMENT; RODENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; RATTUS; RODENTIA; THERIA;

EID: 80053504459     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0156     Document Type: Article

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