The representation of social facial touch in rat barrel cortex

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-115

  Bobrov, Evgeny ^a   Wolfe, Jason ^a   Rao, Rajnish P ^a   Brecht, Michael ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOUCH; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84891831030     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.049     Document Type: Article

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