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A model of the morphology of the rat vibrissal array.
The rat vibrissal system provides an ideal model to examine how the physical embodiment of a sensory array shapes the sensing process. We quantified the morphology of the rat vibrissal array to develop a model that can be used to simulate the spatiotemporal patterns of vibrissa—object contact during tactile exploratory behavior (see Towal et al. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001120). The left half of the image illustrates the vibrissal array of a real rat, and the right half illustrates the model.
Image Credit: Brian Quist, Northwestern University
Citation: (2011) PLoS Computational Biology Issue Image | Vol. 7(4) April 2011. PLoS Comput Biol 7(4): ev07.i04. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pcbi.v07.i04
Published: April 28, 2011
Copyright: © 2011 Quist. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The rat vibrissal system provides an ideal model to examine how the physical embodiment of a sensory array shapes the sensing process. We quantified the morphology of the rat vibrissal array to develop a model that can be used to simulate the spatiotemporal patterns of vibrissa—object contact during tactile exploratory behavior (see Towal et al. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001120). The left half of the image illustrates the vibrissal array of a real rat, and the right half illustrates the model.
Image Credit: Brian Quist, Northwestern University