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Gradient of tactile properties in the rat whisker pad

The array of vibrissae on a rat’s face is the first stage in a high-resolution tactile sensing system. Progressing from rostral to caudal in any vibrissae row results in an increase in whisker length and thickness. This may, in turn, provide a systematic map of separate tactile channels governed by...

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Autores principales: Gugig, Erez, Sharma, Hariom, Azouz, Rony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7608947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33090990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000699