ArticleNature protocols2014
Activation and measurement of free whisking in the lightly anesthetized rodent.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Theory and evidence of amplitude control by frequency detuning in a coupled neuronal oscillator system.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
- A change in behavioral state switches the pattern of motor output that underlies rhythmic head and orofacial movements.Current biology : CB · 2023Article
- Theory of hierarchically organized neuronal oscillator dynamics that mediate rodent rhythmic whisking.Neuron · 2022Article
- The whisking oscillator circuit.Nature · 2022Article
- Brain-Inspired Spiking Neural Network Controller for a Neurorobotic Whisker System.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2022Article
- Whisker-Mediated Touch System in Rodents: From Neuron to Behavior.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2019Review
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- Circuits in the Ventral Medulla That Phase-Lock Motoneurons for Coordinated Sniffing and Whisking.Neural plasticity · 2016Review
- The Brainstem Oscillator for Whisking and the Case for Breathing as the Master Clock for Orofacial Motor Actions.Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology · 2014Article
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Abstract
The rodent vibrissa system is a widely used experimental model of active sensation and motor control. Vibrissa-based touch in rodents involves stereotypic, rhythmic sweeping of the vibrissae as the animal explores its environment. Although pharmacologically induced rhythmic movements have long been used to understand the neural circuitry that underlies a variety of rhythmic behaviors, including locomotion, digestion and ingestion, these techniques have not been available for active sensory movements such as whisking. However, recent work that delineated the location of the central pattern generator for whisking has enabled pharmacological control over this behavior. Here we specify a protocol for the pharmacological induction of rhythmic vibrissa movements that mimic exploratory whisking. The rhythmic vibrissa movements are induced by local injection of a glutamatergic agonist, kainic acid. This protocol produces coordinated rhythmic vibrissa movements that are sustained for several hours in the anesthetized mouse or rat and thus provides unprecedented experimental control in studies related to vibrissa-based neuronal circuitry.
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