Barrel cortex function
Dirk Feldmeyer,Michael Brecht,Fritjof Helmchen,Carl C.H. Petersen,James F.A. Poulet,Jochen F. Staiger,Heiko J. Luhmann,Cornelius Schwarz +7 more
TL;DR: It is argued that in order to understand neocortical function one needs to combine a microscopic view, elucidating the workings of the local columnar microcircuits, with a macroscopic view, which keeps track of the linkage of distant cortical modules in different behavioral contexts.
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About: This article is published in Progress in Neurobiology. The article was published on 01 Apr 2013. and is currently open access. The article focuses on the topics: Barrel cortex & Cortical column.
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