Barrel cortex /
The barrel cortex contains the somatosensory representation of the whiskers on the face of the rodent and forms an early stage of cortical processing for tactile information. It is an area of great importance for understanding how the cerebral cortex works because the cortical columns that form the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Anatomical pathways
- Cellular and synaptic organization of the barrel cortex
- Development of the barrel cortex
- Sensory physiology
- Synaptic plasticity of barrel cortex
- Experience-dependent plasticity
- New and emerging fields in barrel cortex research.
