SynthesisJournal of neurophysiology2017
Variations in vibrissal geometry across the rat mystacial pad: base diameter, medulla, and taper.
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- An elastic segment of the whisker shaft enables coding of the whisking phase via whisker torsion in rats and mice.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026Article
- Peri-head distance coding in the mouse brainstem.Neuron · 2026Article
- Describing the whiskers of a semi-aquatic caniform: the Eurasian Otter (Journal of mammalogy · 2026Article
- Biomechanical simplification of the motor control of whisking.Current biology : CB · 2026Article
- Determining modulus of elasticity using finite element analysis and non-destructive testing: Are aquatic animal whiskers stiffer?Journal of anatomy · 2025Article
- Architecture of the Medulla in Mammalian Vibrissae: Polymorphism and Nomenclature.Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections · 2025Article
- 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
- Mechanics and Morphological Compensation Strategy for Trimmed Soft Whisker Sensor.Soft robotics · 2022Article
- Creating underwater vision through wavy whiskers: a review of the flow-sensing mechanisms and biomimetic potential of seal whiskers.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021Review
- A dynamical model for generating synthetic data to quantify active tactile sensing behavior in the rat.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- A Vibrissa-Inspired Highly Flexible Tactile Sensor: Scanning 3D Object Surfaces Providing Tactile Images.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Effects of Multi-Point Contacts during Object Contour Scanning Using a Biologically-Inspired Tactile Sensor.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- The Euler spiral of rat whiskers.Science advances · 2020Article
- The Sensorimotor Basis of Whisker-Guided Anteroposterior Object Localization in Head-Fixed Mice.Current biology : CB · 2019Article
- Whisker Vibrations and the Activity of Trigeminal Primary Afferents in Response to Airflow.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019Article
- Quantification of vibrissal mechanical properties across the rat mystacial pad.Journal of neurophysiology · 2019Article
- Design principles of hair-like structures as biological machines.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2018Review
- Dynamic cues for whisker-based object localization: An analytical solution to vibration during active whisker touch.PLoS computational biology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Many rodents tactually sense the world through active motions of their vibrissae (whiskers), which are regularly arranged in rows and columns (arcs) on the face. The present study quantifies several geometric parameters of rat whiskers that determine the tactile information acquired. Findings include the following.
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