Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Layer 4 of mouse neocortex differs in cell types and circuit organization between sensory areas

  • Federico Scala,
  • Dmitry Kobak,
  • Shen Shan,
  • Yves Bernaerts,
  • Sophie Laturnus,
  • Cathryn Rene Cadwell,
  • Leonard Hartmanis,
  • Emmanouil Froudarakis,
  • Jesus Ramon Castro,
  • Zheng Huan Tan,
  • Stelios Papadopoulos,
  • Saumil Surendra Patel,
  • Rickard Sandberg,
  • Philipp Berens,
  • Xiaolong Jiang,
  • Andreas Savas Tolias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12058-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Layer 4 of the mammalian neocortex is important for cortical information processing but its cellular composition and local circuits remains elusive. The authors compared two primary sensory cortical areas of mice and found differences in cell composition and local connectivity.