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Rabbit Vibrissae

April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 sara.sheffer16Whiskers2 Comments on Rabbit Vibrissae

Welcome back! This week’s blog post will focus on vibrissae in rabbits. The brains of rabbits contain two complete maps of the entire body surface, both of which are in the somatosensory cortex of the parietal cortex (Gould 1986). The…

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Whiskers in Cats: An Introduction

April 8, 2019April 14, 2019 sara.sheffer16WhiskersLeave a Comment on Whiskers in Cats: An Introduction
Brown tabby cat with pronounced whiskers looks up at a camera with wide green eyes.

Whiskers, or facial vibrissae, function primarily as a replacement or supplement to short-distance vision by detecting forces and vibrations around them (Williams and Kramer 2010). Each whisker acts as a transducer, converting mechanical information about the environment into an electrical…

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