Science
The secret to a rat’s sense of touch? It’s all in how the whiskers bend – Ars Technica
Scientists develop first mechanical simulation of whisker/follicle interactions.
Enlarge/ Northwestern University scientists have developed the first mechanical simulation of a rat whisker inside its follicle, to better understand how that sensory input is communicated to the brain.
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Rats, cats, and many other mammals have whiskers, which they typically use to sense their surrounding environment, akin to the sense of touch. But scientists have yet to precisely determine the means by which whiskers communicate that sense of touch to the brain….
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