Supraorbital whiskers act as wind-antennae in rat anemotaxis
Matías Mugnaini, Dhruv Mehrotra, Federico Davoine, Varun Sharma, Ana Rita Mendes, Ben Gerhardt, Miguel Concha‐Miranda, Michael Brecht, Ann M. Clemens
This study shows that long supraorbital whiskers in rats are specialized for detecting airflow, influencing behavior through biomechanical and neural mechanisms.
PLoS Biology · Jul 6, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience