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PLoS ONE, 2014 Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a heritable ectopic mineralization disorder, is caused by mutations in the ABCC6 gene. Null mice (Abcc6(-/-) ) recapitulate the genetic, histopathologic and ultrastructural features of PXE, and they demonstrate early and ...
Qiaoli Li +5 more
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International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2008 The design and implementation of the periphery of an artificial whisker sensory system is presented. It has been developed by adopting a biomimetic approach to model the structure and function of rodent facial vibrissae.
Ben Mitchinson +6 more
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Whisker encoding of mechanical events during active tactile exploration
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2012 Rats use their whiskers to extract a wealth of information about their immediate environment, such as the shape, position or texture of an object. The information is conveyed to mechanoreceptors located within the whisker follicle in the form of a ...
Yves eBoubenec +2 more
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Sensory prediction on a whiskered robot: A tactile analogy to "optic flow"
Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2012 When an animal moves an array of sensors (e.g., the hand, the eye) through the environment, spatial and temporal gradients of sensory data are related by the velocity of the moving sensory array.
Christopher L Schroeder +2 more
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Locations of traditional morphometric measurements on beaded and smooth vibrissae.
, 2013 A ringed seal (top) and California sea lion (bottom) vibrissa are shown with locations of three traditional morphometric measurements (peak-to-peak distance, crest width and trough width) indicated by the black arrows. The measurements are labeled by the
Thomas J. DeWitt (327556) +3 more
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BMC Neuroscience, 2011 Background Studies in tactile discrimination agree that rats are able to learn a rough-smooth discrimination task by actively touching (whisking) objects with their vibrissae.
Albarracín Ana L +2 more
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Comparison of seal and rat vibrissae cross-sectional areas.
, 2013 Comparison of seal and rat vibrissae cross-sectional areas.
Theodorus De Groot (287736) +1 more
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Vibrissae in exterior rows constrain values of relative pitch.
, 2016 A. Vibrissae of the A-row show a relationship between θimpact, pitch, and distance that are close to a mirror image of the mappings for the D and E row vibrissae.
R. Blythe Towal (225186) +2 more
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Comparative Analysis of the Morphology and Materials Properties of Pinniped Vibrissae
, 2012 Vibrissae (whiskers) are important components of the mammalian tactile sensory system, and primarily function as detectors of environmental vibrotactile cues.
Ginter, Carly C.
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Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2012 Among numerous mechanisms implicated in the regulation of orofacial movements, dopamine-containing neurons have received the most extensive study. Here we review the effects of a) constitutive knockout of D1–5 dopamine receptors and b) conditional ...
Katsunori Tomiyama +3 more
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