Functional gradients facilitate tactile sensing in elephant whiskers

Journal:: Science
Published:: 2026-02-12
DOI:: 10.1126/science.adx8981
Affiliations:: 7
Authors:: 9

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Institutions	Authors	Share
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPIIS), Germany	6.666667	0.74
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin (BCCN), Germany	1.500000	0.17
Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany	0.500000	0.06
University of Stuttgart, Germany	0.333333	0.04

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