Mechanical signals at the base of a rat vibrissa: The effect of intrinsic vibrissa curvature and implications for tactile exploration

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2298-2312

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

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Active touch; Exploratory behavior; Somatosensory system; Trigeminal ganglion; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTRINSIC VIBRISSA CURVATURE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TOUCH; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84860521176     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00372.2011     Document Type: Article

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