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Whiskers aid anemotaxis in rats

Observation of terrestrial mammals suggests that they can follow the wind (anemotaxis), but the sensory cues underlying this ability have not been studied. We identify a significant contribution to anemotaxis mediated by whiskers (vibrissae), a modality previously studied only in the context of dire...

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Autores principales: Yu, Yan S. W., Graff, Matthew M., Bresee, Chris S., Man, Yan B., Hartmann, Mitra J. Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27574705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600716