Barrel cortex

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Barrel cortex

Name:	Barrel cortex
Description:	The term primary somatosensory area, barrel field refers to one of 6 subdivisions of the primary somesthetic area of the cerebral cortex in the mouse (Dong-2004) and the rat (Swanson-2004). It is defined as dark-staining regions in Nissl and other types of stains of layer four of the somatosensory cortex of rodents where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus, in particular input from the whiskers. Each barrel ranges in size from 100-400 um in diameter. (modified from BrainInfo and Wikipedia)
Synonym(s):	Barrel field
Is part of:	primary somatosensory cortex
Super-category:	Regional part of brain
URL:	Woosley, T.A., Van Der Loos, H. 1969. The structural organization of layer IV in the somatosensory region (SI) of mouse cerebral cortex: The description of a cortical field composed of discrete cytoarchitectonic units. Brain Research. 205-238.
Id:	nlx_81
Defining criteria:	cyto-architecture
Organism:	Rodent
Link to OWL / RDF:	Download this content as OWL/RDF

Neuronames ID ( what's this?):	2703
Defining Criteria:	cyto-architecture

Parts of Barrel cortex

CurationStatus	uncurated +
DefiningCitation	Woosley, T.A., Van Der Loos, H. 1969. The structural organization of layer IV in the somatosensory region (SI) of mouse cerebral cortex: The description of a cortical field composed of discrete cytoarchitectonic units. Brain Research. 205-238. +
DefiningCriteria	cyto-architecture +
Definition	The term primary somatosensory area, barre … The term primary somatosensory area, barrel field refers to one of 6 subdivisions of the primary somesthetic area of the cerebral cortex in the mouse (Dong-2004) and the rat (Swanson-2004). It is defined as dark-staining regions in Nissl and other types of stains of layer four of the somatosensory cortex of rodents where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus, in particular input from the whiskers. Each barrel ranges in size from 100-400 um in diameter. (modified from BrainInfo and Wikipedia) r. (modified from BrainInfo and Wikipedia)
Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki.	PONS brain region +
Has part	Barrel +
Id	nlx_81 +
Is part of	Primary somatosensory cortex +
Label	Barrel cortex +
ModifiedDate	7 May 2012 +
NeuronamesLink	http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/AncilDefinition.aspx?ID=2703&questID=2703 +
Species	Rodent +
SuperCategory	Regional part of brain +
Synonym	Barrel field +