Behavioral properties of the Trigeminal Somatosensory System in rats performing whisker-dependent tactile discriminations.

To address several fundamental questions regarding how multiwhisker tactile stimuli are integrated and processed by the trigeminal somatosensory system, a novel behavioral task was developed that required rats to discriminate the width of either a wide or narrow aperture using only their large mysta...

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Main Authors: Krupa, David., Matell, Matthew., Brisben, Amy., Oliveira, Laura., Nicolelis, Miguel.
Format: Villanova Faculty Authorship
Language:English
Published: 2001
Online Access:http://ezproxy.villanova.edu/login?url=https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:178175