Modeling the emergence of whisker direction maps in rat barrel cortex.

Modeling the emergence of whisker direction maps in rat barrel cortex.

Based on measuring responses to rat whiskers as they are mechanically stimulated, one recent study suggests that barrel-related areas in layer 2/3 rat primary somatosensory cortex (S1) contain a pinwheel map of whisker motion directions. Because this map is reminiscent of topographic organization fo...

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Main Authors: Stuart P Wilson, Judith S Law, Ben Mitchinson, Tony J Prescott, James A Bednar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2809738?pdf=render

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