barrel cortex
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barrel
noun[C]
uk/ˈbær.əl/us/ˈber.əl/
a large container, made of wood, metal, or plastic, with a flat top and bottom and curved sides that make it fatter in ...
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cortex
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɔː.teks/us/ˈkɔːr.teks/
the outer layer, especially of the brain and ...
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This slice isolates layer 4 and maintains the horizontal circuitry of thebarrelcortex.
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Thalamic-evoked synaptic interactions inbarrelcortexrevealed by optical imaging.
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In the rodentbarrelcortex, one can ask whether barrels are superordinate to pyramidal cell-centered columns or replace them.
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The electrodes were placed in either layer 6 of thebarrelcortex, the white matter underlying it, or directly within the internal capsule.
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Our results identify reductions in inhibitory synaptic strength as a major factor underlying hyperexcitability inbarrelcortexadjacent to experimental microgyri.
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We address the question of cell-type specificity of tonic inhibition in the cortex by examining two major types of neurons in layer 4 of mousebarrelcortex.
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Due to its distinctive cytoarchitectonics and functional significance, thebarrelcortexhas played an important role in neuroscience.
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Two cortical processes run alongside each other whenbarrelcortexis deprived of sensory input from some whiskers to produce representational plasticity.
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In vivo two-photon microscopy reveals that dendritic spines in mousebarrelcortexare highly dynamic and subject to continuous turnover, and may be associated with formation or deletion of synapses.
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One example in somatosensation is surround suppression in thebarrelcortexof mice, in which bending one whisker can suppress the response of a neuron responding to a whisker nearby.
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Neurons in thebarrelcortexexhibit the property of synaptic plasticity that allows them to alter the vibrissae to which they respond depending on the rodent's history of tactile experience.
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