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Topography of whisker pad and cortical barrel field. The individual whiskers on the rodent whisker pad are arranged in five rows [Left; postnatal day 1 (P1)]. This topographic arrangement is replicated in layer IV of somatosensory cortex, where thalamocortical afferents and their target neurons aggregate into clusters termed barrels (Right; CO histochemistry; P10).
