ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2016
Whisking mechanics and active sensing.
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- Mechanosensory encoding of surface mechanics optimizes locomotion.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Whisker-based pre-neuronal and peripheral encoding of surface stickiness.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Soft bionic actuation explains the functional role of whisking in seal whisker sensing.Npj flexible electronics · 2026Article
- Encoding of 2D Self-Centered Plans and World-Centered Positions in the Rat Frontal Orienting Field.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Article
- A Novel Head-Fixed Assay for Social Touch in Mice Uncovers Aversive Responses in Two Autism Models.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Comparative morphology of the whiskers and faces of mice (Mus musculus) and rats (Rattus norvegicus).The Journal of experimental biology · 2023Article
- On the intrinsic curvature of animal whiskers.PloS one · 2023Article
- Demonstration of three-dimensional contact point determination and contour reconstruction during active whisking behavior of an awake rat.PLoS computational biology · 2022Article
- A novel stimulator to investigate the tuning of multi-whisker responsive neurons for speed and the direction of global motion: Contact-sensitive moving stimulator for multi-whisker stimulation.Journal of neuroscience methods · 2022Article
- Continuous, multidimensional coding of 3D complex tactile stimuli by primary sensory neurons of the vibrissal system.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Wing structure and neural encoding jointly determine sensing strategies in insect flight.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- Multifocal imaging for precise, label-free tracking of fast biological processes in 3D.Nature communications · 2021Article
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- High-frequency burst spiking in layer 5 thick-tufted pyramids of rat primary somatosensory cortex encodes exploratory touch.Communications biology · 2021Article
- Information about contact force and surface texture is mixed in the firing rates of cutaneous afferent neurons.Journal of neurophysiology · 2021Article
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- The Cellular and Mechanical Basis for Response Characteristics of Identified Primary Afferents in the Rat Vibrissal System.Current biology : CB · 2020Article
- Functional Architecture and Encoding of Tactile Sensorimotor Behavior in Rat Posterior Parietal Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019Article
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- Quantification of vibrissal mechanical properties across the rat mystacial pad.Journal of neurophysiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
We describe recent advances in quantifying the three-dimensional (3D) geometry and mechanics of whisking. Careful delineation of relevant 3D reference frames reveals important geometric and mechanical distinctions between the localization problem ('where' is an object) and the feature extraction problem ('what' is an object). Head-centered and resting-whisker reference frames lend themselves to quantifying temporal and kinematic cues used for object localization. The whisking-centered reference frame lends itself to quantifying the contact mechanics likely associated with feature extraction. We offer the 'windowed sampling' hypothesis for active sensing: that rats can estimate an object's spatial features by integrating mechanical information across whiskers during brief (25-60ms) windows of 'haptic enclosure' with the whiskers, a motion that resembles a hand grasp.
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