Somatosensory Cortex: Structural Alterations following Early Injury to Sense Organs
- 26 January 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 179 (4071) , 395-398
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.179.4071.395
Abstract
In mouse somatosensory cortex there are discrete cytoarchitectonic units, called "barrels." Each barrel is related to one sensory vibrissa on the muzzle. Individual vibrissae were carefully injured at birth; 12 to 43 days later, the corresponding barrels proved to be absent. Evidently the sensory periphery has an important influence on the structure of the somatosensory cortex.Keywords
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