Sniffing and whisking typify the exploratory behavior of rodents. These actions involve separate oscillators in the medulla, located respectively in the pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötC) and the vibrissa-related region of the intermediate reticular formation (vIRt). We examine how these oscillators synergize to control sniffing and whisking. We find that the vIRt contains glycinergic/GABAergic cells that rhythmically inhibit vibrissa facial motoneurons. As a basis for the entrainment of whisking by breathing, but not vice versa, we provide evidence for unidirectional connections from the preBötC to the vIRt. The preBötC further contributes to the control of the mystacial pad. Lastly, we show that bilateral synchrony of whisking relies on the ...
In this article we discuss the experimental advantages that the vibrissal motor system offers for an...
The biomechanics of a motor plant constrain the behavioral strategies that an animal has available t...
AbstractRhythmic whisker movements, called “whisking,” are produced by a brainstem central pattern g...
Exploratory "whisking" is a rhythmic motor activity that enables rodents to locate objects in their ...
Whisking and sniffing are predominant aspects of exploratory behavior in rodents. We review evidence...
The exploratory behavior of rodents is characterized by stereotypical movements of the vibrissae, no...
Sense organs are often actively controlled by motor processes and such active sensing profoundly sha...
The world view of rodents is largely determined by sensation on two length scales. One is within the...
In this issue of Neuron, Deschenes et al. (2016) propose that rhythmic inhibition of whisker motor n...
We report on the relationship between single-unit activity in primary somatosensory vibrissa cortex ...
Breathing, one of the fundamental and indispensable rhythms of life, has been proposed to serve as a...
AbstractMany rodents explore their environment by rhythmically palpating objects with their mystacia...
Rodents begin to use bilaterally coordinated, rhythmic sweeping of their vibrissae (“whisking”) for ...
The motor systems of the mammalian brain are a remarkable product of many millions of years of evolu...
In rats, the long facial whiskers (mystacial macrovibrissae) are repetitively and rapidly swept back...
In this article we discuss the experimental advantages that the vibrissal motor system offers for an...
The biomechanics of a motor plant constrain the behavioral strategies that an animal has available t...
AbstractRhythmic whisker movements, called “whisking,” are produced by a brainstem central pattern g...
Exploratory "whisking" is a rhythmic motor activity that enables rodents to locate objects in their ...
Whisking and sniffing are predominant aspects of exploratory behavior in rodents. We review evidence...
The exploratory behavior of rodents is characterized by stereotypical movements of the vibrissae, no...
Sense organs are often actively controlled by motor processes and such active sensing profoundly sha...
The world view of rodents is largely determined by sensation on two length scales. One is within the...
In this issue of Neuron, Deschenes et al. (2016) propose that rhythmic inhibition of whisker motor n...
We report on the relationship between single-unit activity in primary somatosensory vibrissa cortex ...
Breathing, one of the fundamental and indispensable rhythms of life, has been proposed to serve as a...
AbstractMany rodents explore their environment by rhythmically palpating objects with their mystacia...
Rodents begin to use bilaterally coordinated, rhythmic sweeping of their vibrissae (“whisking”) for ...
The motor systems of the mammalian brain are a remarkable product of many millions of years of evolu...
In rats, the long facial whiskers (mystacial macrovibrissae) are repetitively and rapidly swept back...
In this article we discuss the experimental advantages that the vibrissal motor system offers for an...
The biomechanics of a motor plant constrain the behavioral strategies that an animal has available t...
AbstractRhythmic whisker movements, called “whisking,” are produced by a brainstem central pattern g...