part of
part_of
part of
only in taxon
only_in_taxon
capable of part of
capable of part of
contributes to morphology of
sensory perception of touch
Rodentia
primary somatosensory cortex
structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
barrel cortex
The term primary somatosensory area, barrel field refers to one of 6 subdivisions of the primary somesthetic area of the cerebral cortex in the mouse (Dong-2004) and the rat (Swanson-2004). It is defined as dark-staining regions in Nissl and other types of stains of layer four of the somatosensory cortex of rodents where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus, in particular input from the whiskers. Each barrel ranges in size from 100-400 um in diameter. (modified from BrainInfo and Wikipedia)
EMAPA:35163
BAMS:SSp-bfd
MA:0002712
primary somatosensory area, barrel field
barrel cortex
barrel field of the primary somatosensory area
uberon
BAMS:SS-bfd
primary somatosensory cortex, barrel field
barrel field
NLX:81
whisker sensory area
whisker barrels
primary somatosensory area barrel field
One of the discrete functional units of the somatosensory cortex that processes tactile information derived from the vibrissae.
barrel field sensory area
UBERON:0010415
MBA:329
functional part of brain