Sniffing and whisking in rodents

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• 作者：Martin Deschê ; nes¹ ; ^{martin.deschenes@crulrg.ulaval.ca} ; Jeffrey Moore² ; David Kleinfeld³ ; ⁴
• 刊名：Current Opinion in Neurobiology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：18_09594388
• 类别：neu
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：22
• 期：2
• 页码：243-250
• 文件大小：1712 K

摘要

Sniffing and whisking are two rhythmic orofacial motor activities that enable rodents to localize and track objects in their environment. They have related temporal dynamics, possibly as a result of both shared musculature and shared sensory tasks. Sniffing and whisking also constitute the overt expression of an animal's anticipation of a reward. Yet, the neuronal mechanisms that underlie the control of these behaviors have not been established. Here, we review the similarities between sniffing and whisking and suggest that such similarities indicate a mechanistic link between these two rhythmic exploratory behaviors.