Modelling imaging performance of snake infrared sense
Several snake species use infrared-sensitive pit organs to localise prey. These sensory organs enable the snake to successfully strike prey items even in total darkness or following the disruption of other sensory systems. The pit organ has traditionally been thought to function as a pinhole camera. The need, however, to gather a reasonable amount of […]
Nursing stimulation is more than tactile sensation: It is a multisensory experience
Novel sensory experiences, particularly those associated with epochal developmental events like nursing alter cortical representation, affecting memory, perception and behavior. Functional MRI was used here to test whether the sensoricortical map of the ventrum is modified during lactation. Three stimuli were used to drive cortical activation in primiparous rats: natural, artificial suckling stimulation and general […]