title: Tactile learning in rodents: Neurobiology and neuropharmacology.
abstract: Animal models of learning and memory have been the subject of considerable research. Rodents such as mice and rats are nocturnal animals with poor vision, and their survival depends on their sense of touch. Recent reports have shown that whisker somatosensation is the main channel through which rodents collect and process environmental information. This review describes tactile learning in rodents from a neurobiological and neuropharmacological perspective, and how this is involved in memory-related processes.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roohbakhsh
authors.affiliation: Physiology-Pharmacology Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. Electronic address: ashamsi@rums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shamsizadeh
authors.affiliation: Immunology of Infectious Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Kazemi
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Arababadi
authors.affiliation: Physiology-Pharmacology Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Fateme
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ayoobi
authors.affiliation: Physiology-Pharmacology Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Iman
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fatemi
authors.affiliation: Physiology-Pharmacology Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allahtavakoli
authors.affiliation: Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammad-Zadeh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009446:Neurobiology / Q000379:methods; D009480:Neuropharmacology / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014738:Vibrissae / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Novel object recognition test; Recognition memory; Rodents; Tactile learning