Dr. Per Magne Knutsen

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Department of Physics, University of California San Diego

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Whisking kinematics Vibrissal location decoding
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Current Appointments

  • HFSP Post-doctoral Fellow at Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, CA.
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Education

  • BA Psychology, Physiology & Philosophy, University of Ocford, 2000.
  • MSc Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2002.
  • PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2006.
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Research Interests


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Selected Bibliography

  • Knutsen, P.M., Biess, A., Ahissar, E. (2008) Vibrissal kinematics in 3D: Tight coupling of azimuth, elevation and torsion during different whisking modes. Neuron, 59(1): 35-42.
  • Diamond, M., Heimendal, M.V., Knutsen, P.M., Ahissar, E., Kleinfeld, D. 'Where' and 'What' in the Vibrissal System (2008). Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9(8): 601-12.
  • Ahissar, E., Knutsen, P.M. (2008) Object localization with Whiskers. Biological Cybernetics, 98(6): 449-58.
  • Knutsen, P.M., Pietr, M., Ahissar, E. (2006) Haptic Object Localization in the Vibrissal System: Behavior and Performance. Journal of Neuroscience, 26(33): 8451-8464.
  • Knutsen, P.M., Derdikman, D., Ahissar, E. (2005) Tracking whisker movements in freely moving rodents using high-speed video. Journal of Neurophysiology, 93(4): 2294-2301.
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