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We describe the development and analysis of a quantitative database representing the global structural and functional organization of an entire sensory map. The database was derived from measurements of anatomical characteristics of a statistical sample of typical mechanosensory afferents in the cricket cercal sensory system. Anatomical characteristics of the neurons were measured quantitatively in three dimensions using a computer reconstruction system. The reconstructions of all neurons were aligned and scaled to a common standard set of dimensions, according to a highly reproducible set of intrinsic fiducial marks. The database therefore preserves accurate information about spatial relationships between the neurons within the ensemble. Algorithms were implemented to allow the integration of electrophysiological data about the stimuluslresponse characteristics of the reconstructed neurons into the database. The algorithms essentially map a physiological function onto a "field" representing the continuous distribution of synaptic terminals throughout the neural structure. Subsequent analysis allowed quantitative predictions of several important functional characteristics of the se

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Author

Todd W. Troyer; Jacob E. Levin; Dr. Gwen A. Jacobs

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1059-910X)

Published

1994

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)