G Dehnhardt

Summary

Affiliation: University of Muenster
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Ambient temperature does not affect the tactile sensitivity of mystacial vibrissae in harbour seals
    G Dehnhardt
    University of Bonn, Department of Zoology, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, D 53115 Bonn, Germany and University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, PO Box 111, SF 80101 Joensuu, Finland
    J Exp Biol 201:3023-9. 1998
  2. ncbi Structure and innervation of the vibrissal follicle-sinus complex in the Australian water rat, Hydromys chrysogaster
    G Dehnhardt
    Department of Zoology, University of Bonn, D 53113 Bonn, Germany
    J Comp Neurol 411:550-62. 1999
  3. ncbi Hydrodynamic trail-following in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)
    G Dehnhardt
    Institut fur Zoologie, Universitat Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, D 53115 Bonn, Germany
    Science 293:102-4. 2001

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Ambient temperature does not affect the tactile sensitivity of mystacial vibrissae in harbour seals
    G Dehnhardt
    University of Bonn, Department of Zoology, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, D 53115 Bonn, Germany and University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, PO Box 111, SF 80101 Joensuu, Finland
    J Exp Biol 201:3023-9. 1998
    ..This suggests that, in the vibrissal follicles of harbour seals, no vasoconstriction occurs during cold acclimation, so that the appropriate operating temperature for the mechanoreceptors is maintained...
  2. ncbi Structure and innervation of the vibrissal follicle-sinus complex in the Australian water rat, Hydromys chrysogaster
    G Dehnhardt
    Department of Zoology, University of Bonn, D 53113 Bonn, Germany
    J Comp Neurol 411:550-62. 1999
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  3. ncbi Hydrodynamic trail-following in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)
    G Dehnhardt
    Institut fur Zoologie, Universitat Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, D 53115 Bonn, Germany
    Science 293:102-4. 2001
    ..Here we show that blindfolded seals can use their whiskers to detect and accurately follow hydrodynamic trails generated by a miniature submarine. This shows that hydrodynamic information can be used for long-distance prey location...