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Local receptive field diversity within cortical neuronal populations

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Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex

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The aim of this review paper is to draw attention to a little-appreciated but ubiquitous feature of cerebral cortical organization that we propose is fundamental to an understanding of cortical functioning. Specifically, we (i) describe evidence supporting the idea that neighboring cells in the cortex have richly diverse receptive fields, and (ii) suggest some of the possible mechanisms that generate this receptive field diversity. The possible roles of local receptive field diversity in cortical information processing are discussed.

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  1. Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

    Oleg V. Favorov & Douglas G. Kelly

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  1. Department of Human Anatomy Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, S-75123, Sweden

    O. Franzén

  2. Department of Physiology, UmeĂĄ University, S-90187, UmeĂĄ, Sweden

    R. Johansson

  3. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, S-17176, Stockholm, Sweden

    L. Terenius

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Favorov, O.V., Kelly, D.G. (1996). Local receptive field diversity within cortical neuronal populations. In: Franzén, O., Johansson, R., Terenius, L. (eds) Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9016-8_33

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