title: Somatosensory cortex in macaque monkeys: laminar differences in receptive field size in areas 3b and 1.
abstract: We have examined receptive field sizes of neurons in granular, supragranular and infragranular layers within somatosensory cortical areas 3b and 1 in macaque monkeys. Receptive fields of neurons in layer 4 are smaller than receptive fields of neurons above or below layer 4. In addition, neurons in area 1 have larger receptive fields than neurons in corresponding layers of area 3b.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*