Assertion: cortical column | /r/Synonym | cortical module
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A cortical column, also called hypercolumn, macrocolumn, functional column or sometimes cortical module, is a group of neurons in the cortex of the brain that can be successively penetrated by a probe inserted perpendicularly to the cortical surface, and which have nearly identical receptive fields.[citation needed]