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Vibrissae

Known as: Hairs of vestibule of nose, Whisker, Set of hairs of vestibule of nose 
Stiff hairs projecting from the face around the nose of most mammals, acting as touch receptors.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Growth mechanism of truncated triangular III-V nanowires.
The epitaxial growth mechanism of truncated triangular III-V GaAs nanowires by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Effect of roughness, frustration, and antiferromagnetic order on magnetic coupling of Fe/Cr multilayers
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Thalamo‐cortical processing of vibrissal information in the rat. I. Intracortical origins of surround but not centre‐receptive fields of layer IV neurones in the rat S1 barrel field cortex
The receptive fields of cells restricted to the D1 cortical barrel territory in the S1 cortex of the rat were examined before and… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Boundaries during normal and abnormal brain development: In vivo and in vitro studies of glia and glycoconjugates
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cytotactin and its proteoglycan ligand mark structural and functional boundaries in somatosensory cortex of the early postnatal mouse.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Hot-pressed SiC whisker/Si3N4 matrix composites
On etudie le pressage a chaud et les proprietes mecaniques de composites Si 3 N 4 /trichites de SiC. L'addition de trichites… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
On the relationship between kainic acid-induced epileptiform activity and hippocampal neuronal damage
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Neurological tests and behavioral deficits in chronic thalamic and chronic decerebrate rats
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Does the skin tell the somatosensory cortex how to construct a map of the periphery?
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Electron microscope observations on actomyosin and actin preparations from Physarum polycephalum, and on their interaction with heavy meromyosin subfragment I from muscle myosin.
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