"Vibrissae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Stiff hairs projecting from the face around the nose of most mammals, acting as touch receptors.
| Descriptor ID |
D014738
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.950
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vibrissae" by people in Profiles.
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Toth P, Tarantini S, Davila A, Valcarcel-Ares MN, Tucsek Z, Varamini B, Ballabh P, Sonntag WE, Baur JA, Csiszar A, Ungvari Z. Purinergic glio-endothelial coupling during neuronal activity: role of P2Y1 receptors and eNOS in functional hyperemia in the mouse somatosensory cortex. . 2015 Dec 01; 309(11):H1837-45.
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Khaing ZZ, Geissler SA, Jiang S, Milman BD, Aguilar SV, Schmidt CE, Schallert T. Assessing forelimb function after unilateral cervical spinal cord injury: novel forelimb tasks predict lesion severity and recovery. J Neurotrauma. 2012 Feb 10; 29(3):488-98.
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Sullivan RM, Landers MS, Flemming J, Vaught C, Young TA, Jonathan Polan H. Characterizing the functional significance of the neonatal rat vibrissae prior to the onset of whisking. Somatosens Mot Res. 2003; 20(2):157-62.
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Sherburn EW, Wanebo JE, Kim P, Song SK, Chicoine MR, Woolsey TA. Gliomas in rodent whisker barrel cortex: a new tumor model. J Neurosurg. 1999 Nov; 91(5):814-21.