Behavioral study of whisker-mediated vibration sensation in rats

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 971-976

  Adibi, Mehdi ^a   Diamond, Mathew E ^b   Arabzadeh, Ehsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Coding

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIBRATION SENSE; VIBRISSA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSATION; VIBRATION; VIBRISSAE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856385574     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116726109     Document Type: Article

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