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The density of distribution of callosal neurons in the rabbit sensomotor cortex was studied by injecting horseradish peroxidase into the symmetrical region of the cortex. The degree of inequality of distribution of labeled neurons was determined visually and by statistical analysis. Stained callosal neurons were mainly small and medium-sized pyramidal cells, located chiefly in layer III–IV, and substantially less frequently in layers V and VI. Different forms of grouping of labeled neurons were observed in layer III–IV: two cells at a time, five to eight cells arranged vertically, or in concentrations, whose width was usually 120–200µ, and separated by areas with reduced density. The results are regarded as confirmation of those drawn previously from results of electrophysiological investigations on the modular organization of callosal connections in the rabbit sensomotor cortex.
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Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Brain Institute, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 451–457, July–August, 1984.
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Ezrokhi, V.L., Tarasova, L.Y., Derevyagin, V.I. et al. Modular organization of callosal neurons in the rabbit sensomotor cortex. Neurophysiology 16, 353–357 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01053487
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