Excitatory neuronal connectivity in the barrel cortex

Neocortical areas are believed to be organised into vertical modules, the cortical columns, and the horizontal layers 1 to 6. In the somatosensory barrel cortex these columns are defined by the readily discernible barrel structure in layer 4. Information processing in the neocortex occurs along ver...

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Main Author: Dirk eFeldmeyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2012.00024/full