A prenatal window for enhancing spatial resolution of cortical barrel maps
Mar Aníbal-Martínez, Lorenzo Puche-Aroca, Elena Pérez-Montoyo, Gabriele Pumo, M. Pilar Madrigal, Luis Miguel Rodríguez-Malmierca, Francisco J. Martini, Filippo M. Rijli, Guillermina López‐Bendito
The paper shows that prenatal whisker ablation enhances upper lip whisker barrel definition through thalamic transcriptional changes, independent of receptor type and density.
Nature Communications · Mar 6, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience