mouse somatosensory cortex (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

mouse somatosensory cortex

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A cross-section of the somatosensory cortex in a young mouse brain. A key receptor protein named mGluR1 (green) is necessary to prime sensory circuits early in life, affecting how the mouse senses the world through touch.

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Pouchelon lab/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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