CORTICAL COLUMNS AS DEVICES FOR MAXIMIZING NEURONAL DIVERSIFY

被引:71
作者
MALACH, R
机构
[1] Dept of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
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10.1016/0166-2236(94)90113-9
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Columns are a fundamental feature of cerebral cortex organization, yet the function served by this architecture remains elusive. Here if is proposed that the columnar organization of the cortex serves to maximize diversity of neuronal connections in supragranular cortical layers.
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