Talk:Cortical column

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discovered 40 years ago

200.165.20.46 20:31, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Things that could be added to this article: There is currently no distinction between anatomical columns and functional columns. Also, there is no mention of 'minicolumns', which is a vertical column about one-neuron thick and containing 100-200 neurons. Brain-mapper 09:10, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

There is a stub Cortical minicolumn; it's now linked to. Archelon 18:16, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second paragraph

The second paragraph seems more about the Cortex than columns per se -- should be deleted? mfc 07:50, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'Cortical column' is a vague term

It's not clear if this article is meant to cover all cortical columns (minicolumns, hypercolumns, macrocolumns, etc.) or just hypercolumns. I had assumed the latter, but it's not consistent on that (a minicolumn has neurons that respond to a single receptive input; larger groupings need not. Thoughts, anyone? mfc 08:14, 20 October 2007 (UTC)