Parallel thalamic pathways for whisking and touch signals in the rat.
In active sensation, sensory information is acquired via movements of sensory organs; rats move their whiskers repetitively to scan the environment, thus detecting, localizing, and identifying objects. Sensory information, in turn, affects future motor movements. How this motor-sensory-motor functio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1436027?pdf=render |