title: Measuring the functional organization of the neocortex at large and small scales.
abstract: Sensory cortices are commonly structured topographically; however, the extent to which this organization principle is preserved at the microcircuit level is debated. In this issue of Neuron, Issa et al. (2014) revisit this question by combining calcium imaging in awake mice at large scales encompassing the whole auditory cortex and small scales providing single-cell resolution.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), 1030 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Dominik F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Aschauer
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), 1030 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: rumpel@imp.ac.at.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rumpel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis*; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium