Circuits in the absence of cortical layers: increased callosal connectivity in reeler mice revealed by brain-wide input mapping of VIP neurons in barrel cortex
Georg Hafner, Julien Guy, Mirko Witte, Pavel Truschow, Alina Rüppel, Nikoloz Sirmpilatze, Rakshit Dadarwal, Susann Boretius, Jochen F. Staiger
The paper shows that VIP neurons in reeler mice, lacking cortical layers, have increased callosal connectivity and altered long-range inputs, suggesting functional circuits can form without layer organization.
Cerebral Cortex · Sep 2, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience