Precise development of functional and anatomical columns in the neocortex
Precise development of functional and anatomical columns in the neocortex
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neuron.2004.05.002
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发表时间:
2004-06-10
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16.2
通讯作者:
Svoboda, K
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作者:
Bureau, I;Shepherd, GMG;Svoboda, K
Sensory cortex is ordered into columns, each tuned to a subset of peripheral stimuli. To identify the principles underlying the construction of columnar architecture, we monitored the development of circuits in the rat barrel cortex, using laser-scanning photostimulation analysis of synaptic connectivity, reconstructions of axonal arbors, and in vivo whole-cell recording. Circuits impinging onto layer 2/3 neurons from layers 4 and 2/3 developed in a monotonic, precise progression, with little evidence for transient hyperinnervation at the level of cortical columns. Consistent with this, synaptic currents measured in layer 2/3 neurons at PND 8, just after these neurons ceased to migrate, revealed already spatially well-tuned receptive fields.