The emergence of somatotopic maps of the body in S1 in rats: the correspondence between functional and anatomical organization.

Most of what we know about cortical map development and plasticity comes from studies in mice and rats, and for the somatosensory cortex, almost exclusively from the whisker-dominated posteromedial barrel fields. Whiskers are the main effector organs of mice and rats, and their representation in cor...

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Main Authors: Adele M H Seelke, James C Dooley, Leah A Krubitzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3290658?pdf=render