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| Title |
Innervation patterns of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) mystacial follicle-sinus complexes
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnana.2014.00121 |
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| Authors |
Christopher D. Marshall, Kelly Rozas, Brian Kot, Verena A. Gill |
| Abstract |
Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are the most recent group of mammals to return to the sea, and may exemplify divergent somatosensory tactile systems among mammals. Therefore, we quantified the mystacial vibrissal array of sea otters and histologically processed follicle-sinus complexes (F - SCs) to test the hypotheses that the number of myelinated axons per F - SC is greater than that found for terrestrial mammalian vibrissae and that their organization and microstructure converge with those of pinniped vibrissae. A mean of 120.5 vibrissae were arranged rostrally on a broad, blunt muzzle in 7-8 rows and 9-13 columns. The F-SCs of sea otters are tripartite in their organization and similar in microstructure to pinnipeds rather than terrestrial species. Each F-SC was innervated by a mean 1339 ± 408.3 axons. Innervation to the entire mystacial vibrissal array was estimated at 161,313 axons. Our data support the hypothesis that the disproportionate expansion of the coronal gyrus in somatosensory cortex of sea otters is related to the high innervation investment of the mystacial vibrissal array, and that quantifying innervation investment is a good proxy for tactile sensitivity. We predict that the tactile performance of sea otter mystacial vibrissae is comparable to that of harbor seals, sea lions and walruses. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 2 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 12% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 65% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Members of the public | 11 | 65% |
| Scientists | 4 | 24% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 12% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 15% |
| Researcher | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Professor | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 21% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 49% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 8% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 8% |
| Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2023.
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