A cortical column is a group of neurons forming a cylindrical structure through the cerebral cortex of the brain perpendicular to the cortical surface. The structure was first identified by Rafael Lorente de Nó in 1949 while Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle began to disentangle its physiology in 1957.
A cortical column is a group of neurons forming a cylindrical structure through the cerebral cortex of the brain perpendicular to the cortical surface. The structure was first identified by Rafael Lorente de Nó in 1949 while Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle began to disentangle its physiology in 1957.
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