Thermal Imaging of Aye-Ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) Reveals a Dynamic Vascular Supply During Haptic Sensation

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 588-597

  Moritz, Gillian L ^a   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared imaging; Mechanoreceptors; Stenosis; Stenotic kinking; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; INFRARED IMAGERY; MECHANORECEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; RESEARCH WORK; SKIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

ANIMALIA; DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; DAUBENTONIIDAE;

EID: 84861806195     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9575-y     Document Type: Article

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