Organization of the Perioral Representation of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex in Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster)
The relative magnification of the perioral representation in S1 reflects the importance of these regions for sensory-mediated behaviors such as tactile interactions in biparental care and social bonding. This highlights how environmental and behavioral factors shape S1 organization through brain-body synergy, suggesting that relatively small changes in experience can drive adaptive cortical plasticity that, over subsequent generations, drives the cortical phenotypic diversity across the rodent clade and mammals in general.
Authors
- Adele M. H. Seelke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2867-0335)
- Leah Krubitzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1938-8052)
- Chris S. Bresee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0139-8201)
- Mary K. L. Baldwin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6347-923X)
- Carlos R. Pineda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3250-8303)
Institutions
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain Behavior and Evolution
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000543248
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.16