VibrissaeMammalsSomatosensory CortexPhysical StimulationTouchVentral Thalamic NucleiEvoked Potentials, SomatosensoryAfferent PathwaysTouch PerceptionSensory DeprivationThalamusRats, Long-EvansSilicon CompoundsCarbon Compounds, InorganicTrigeminal NervePinnipediaTrigeminal NucleiAction PotentialsTrigeminal GanglionNeuronal PlasticityMovementNeuronsVibrationExploratory BehaviorPiloerectionPosterior Thalamic NucleiRats, Sprague-DawleyNeural PathwaysMineral FibersReaction TimeBrain MappingMechanoreceptorsElectrodes, ImplantedSensory Receptor CellsBehavior, AnimalFur SealsElectric StimulationHairSensationRats, WistarNeurons, AfferentNeural InhibitionWakefulnessOptics and PhotonicsSomatosensory DisordersAnimal ShellsFunctional LateralitySeptum of BrainThalamic NucleiCerebral CortexMagnetometryDiffuse Axonal InjuryHead MovementsTime FactorsMaxillary NerveSensory ThresholdsAnimals, NewbornEvoked PotentialsMotor CortexNanocompositesStilbamidinesBrain StemVideotape RecordingNumerical Analysis, Computer-AssistedSpecies SpecificityMarsupialiaBiomimeticsPhylogenyDiscrimination (Psychology)Nerve NetNeocortexElectrophysiologyPliabilityAdaptation, PhysiologicalExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsEfferent PathwaysPonsFacial NerveMolecular Sequence DataMice, Inbred C57BLBoratesNeuroanatomical Tract-Tracing TechniquesMerkel CellsHair FollicleBiological EvolutionFacial Nerve InjuriesMetencephalonDendritesSynaptic TransmissionRodentiaEvolution, MolecularElectron Transport Complex IVAxonsModels, BiologicalFeedback, SensoryAir MovementsReptilesSynapsesModels, NeurologicalCritical Period (Psychology)