]> 2013-05-25T02:13:41-07:00 Barrel uncurated 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. cyto-architecture A cytoarchitectural unit of the barrel cortex characterized in Nissl preparations a dense ring of cell bodies which has, roughly, the shape of a circle or an ellipsoid. As originally described by Woolsey and Van der Loos, this ring represents the side of the barrel and surrounds an area of lower cell density which they named the hollow. Each barrel is separated from its neighbors by a clear, nearly acellular area termed the septum. In tangentially oriented sections, a septum can be seen to separate a barrel from its neighbors. nlx_333 Barrel 2012-02-17T00:00:00 Regional part of brain TermImport:101296 Barrel cortex Has part About Regional part of brain SuperCategory Rodent Species ModifiedDate Label Barrel cortex Is part of Id Definition DefiningCriteria DefiningCitation CurationStatus