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Original Article

Whisker motor cortex ablation and whisker movement patterns

Puhong Gao Department of Psychology, Hunter College (CUNY), New York City, NY 10021, USA
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Alexis M. Hattox Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Lauren M. Jones Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Asaf Keller Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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H. Philip Zeigler Department of Psychology, Hunter College (CUNY), New York City, NY 10021, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 191-198 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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