Why Have Cortical Layers? What Is the Function of Layering? Do Neurons in Cortex Integrate Information Across Different Layers?

• Main Author: Javier DeFelipe (auth)
• Other Authors: Kathleen Rockland (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; periallocortex; receptors; cell types; GABAergic connectivity; isocortex; insular cortex; olfactory; Reeler; Pyramidal neurons; Cortical evolution
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This research topic was suggested by Robert Sachdev to bring together a series of articles dealing with the laminar organization of the neocortex. By convention, there are six cortical layers but this number may vary throughout the cerebral cortex of a given species or between species: many regions...