Offset search vibrissae

Cell Type–Specific Thalamic Innervation in a Column of Rat ... » Jun 9, 2010 ...Abstract. This is the concluding article in a series of 3 studies that investigate the anatomical determinants of thalamocortical (TC) input to excitatory neurons in a cortical column of rat primary somatosensory cortex (S1). We used viral synaptophysin-enhanced green fluorescent protein expression in... Academic.oup.com

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Vibrissa-Based Object Localization in Head-Fixed Mice | Journal of ... » Feb 3, 2010 ...Mice actively used their mystacial vibrissae (whiskers) to sense the location of a vertical pole presented to one side of the head and reported with licking whether the pole .....During the next phase of training, the offset (D) between the go and no-go stimuli was large (D = 8.57 mm) and there was no air puff. Jneurosci.org

Effect of the orientation of the harbor seal vibrissa based biomimetic ... » The present study considered the geometric disturbance inspired by a harbor seal vibrissa of which undulated surface structures (HSV) are known as a detecting device to capture the water movement .....The offset angle between leading edge and trailing edge are found to have slight effects on the lift and drag coefficients. Aip.scitation.org

Evidence for Functional Groupings of Vibrissae across the Rodent ... » Jan 8, 2016 ...These vibrissae are slightly offset in the dorsal-ventral direction from the remaining whiskers in their rows. ......extent of each whisker's reachable space would be nearly impossible with behavioral experiments, but simulations permit a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the rat's search space. Journals.plos.org

Neural Activity in Barrel Cortex Underlying Vibrissa-Based Object ... » Sep 22, 2010 ...Neural Activity in Barrel Cortex Underlying Vibrissa-Based Object Localization in Mice. Daniel H. O'Connor. x. Daniel H. O'Connor. Search for articles by this author... Cell.com

Deflection of a vibrissa leads to a gradient of strain across ... » Apr 8, 2015 ...2E). The radial distance, r, is the perpendicular distance from the principal axis, and the radial displacement, Δr, is the change in r after deflection of the vibrissa ( Fig. 2, F and G). The polar angle, α, is the offset from the vertical axis, such that − π/2 and π/2 indicate the caudal and rostral aspects of the follicle,... Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The evolution of active vibrissal sensing in mammals: evidence from ... » The evolution of active vibrissal sensing in mammals: evidence from vibrissal musculature and function in the marsupial opossum Monodelphis domestica ..... The overall grid-like pattern is disturbed by the two 'straddler' whiskers, α and β, at the caudal edge of the pad, whose horizontal alignment is offset relative to the ... Jeb.biologists.org

Mechanical Characteristics of Rat Vibrissae: Resonant Frequencies ... » Jul 23, 2003 ...Mechanical Characteristics of Rat Vibrissae: Resonant Frequencies and Damping in Isolated Whiskers and in the Awake Behaving Animal. Mitra J. Hartmann .....The “C” consisted of a vertical bar ∼12 inches tall and two horizontal bars positioned well above and below the search space of the rat (Fig. 2 A). Jneurosci.org

Active Spatial Perception in the Vibrissa Scanning Sensorimotor ... » Jan 16, 2007 ...Their behavior during this search reflects the computations performed by their nervous systems to locate objects based on touch, and this behavior demonstrates that rats keeps track of their .....For periodic vibrissa motion, the time between contact onset and offset could be transformed into object position. Journals.plos.org