On the basis of theoretical, anatomical, psychological and physiological considerations,
Francis Crick (1984) proposed that, during selective attention, the thalamic reticular nucleus …

The tactile somatosensory pathway from whisker to cortex in rodents provides a well-defined
system for exploring the link between molecular mechanisms, synaptic circuits, and …

Neocortex, the neuronal structure at the base of the remarkable cognitive skills of mammals,
is a layered sheet of neuronal tissue composed of juxtaposed and interconnected columns …

The previous editions of The Rat Nervous System were indispensable guides for those
working on the rat and mouse as experimental models. The fourth edition enhances this …

Neocortical areas are believed to be organized into vertical modules, the cortical columns,
and the horizontal layers 1–6. In the somatosensory barrel cortex these columns are defined …

The array of whiskers on the snout provides rodents with tactile sensory information relating
to the size, shape and texture of objects in their immediate environment. Rodents can use …

The rodent whisker system is widely used as a model system for investigating sensorimotor
integration, neural mechanisms of complex cognitive tasks, neural development, and …

Neurons in sensory systems respond to stimuli within their receptive fields, but the
magnitude of the response depends on specific stimulus features. In the rodent whisker …

Primary sensory cortical areas receive information through multiple thalamic channels. In the
rodent whisker system, lemniscal and paralemniscal thalamocortical projections, from the …

We used a juvenile mouse thalamocortical slice preparation with whole cell recording to
investigate synaptic properties of corticothalamic inputs from somatosensory cortex to the …