Tactile signals transmitted by the vibrissa during active whisking behavior

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3511-3518

  Huet, Lucie A ^a   Schroeder, Christopher L ^a   Hartmann, Mitra J Z ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Biomechanics; Somatosensation; Trigeminal; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE FEEDBACK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIBRISSA; WHISKING BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INNERVATION; MOTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRISSAE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84930859515     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00011.2015     Document Type: Article

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