BRAIN AREAS FOR SOMATOTOPIC REPRESENTATIONS ARE SET EMBRYONICALLY IN THE MOUSE SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM

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Facial somatosensory territories are represented in devoted cortical maps for precise sensory processing. In rodents, there are two main facial whisker patterns in the primary somatosensory cortex, those corresponding to the mystacial whiskers represented in the postero-medial barrel subfield (PMBSF) and those corresponding to the upper lip small whiskers represented in the antero-lateral barrel subfield (ALBSF). Although the timing of development for the PMBSF maps throughout the distinct somatosensory stations are described, the rules that establish the intra-modal relative positioning and dedicated areas for the PMBSF and ALBSF facial whisker patterns remain largely unknown.

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