Talk:Cortical column

discovered
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)

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

'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)

Reptilian cortex?
The article says that "the reptilian cortex is composed of three" layers. But the article on cerebral cortex suggests cortex is a feature of mammalian brains only. Which is correct? P.r.newman (talk) 09:24, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The cerebral cortex article should probably be clarified. All vertebrates have a pallium constituting the upper surface of the forebrain -- in mammals and reptiles, the pallium is referred to by anatomists as "cortex", because its layered structure is especially salient.  However in most respects the reptilian "cortex" more closely resembles the pallium of amphibians, fish, elasmobranches, etc, than it does the neocortex of mammals. Looie496 (talk) 16:41, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The section "Human cerebral cortex" was really erroneous so I rewrote it completely. Especially the part about dolphin was really wrong; the statement of three reptilian layers is at best inaccurate, and probably irrelevant for cortical columns.--Marci68 (talk) 19:10, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Number of Cortical columns error
There is sayd "There are almost 100,000 cortical columns in the human brain with 1,000 to 10,000 neurons each.". But this is delirium numbers. If calculate then we have 10,000x100,000=1,000,000,000 (or 1 billion) neurons. But neocortex contain about 20 billion neurons! And whole brain contain about 85 billion neurons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.150.74.188 (talk) 13:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

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Evidence
This article would benefit from a section describing what evidence exists concerning the topic. That might also help to elucidate the details of the concept/hypothesis.

The article terminology is suggestive of the neocortex being compartmentalised into discrete units, with periodic boundaries, like a honeycomb. (Are there examples of sensory illusions to perceive Moiré patterns from stimuli with similar periodicity?) Would the compartments be anatomical or only functional? (Why aren't these vertical columns visualised in the same way that the horizontal layers are, say in a Nissl stained section?) How far do adjacent columns overlap? Or is there no discrete compartmentalisation at all (no such unit as a neighbouring column); is the term intended to convey nothing further than the idea of receptive fields being limited in spatial extent (as would still be applicable to a horizontally homogenous/continuous model of the neocortex, like a convnet)?

The article currently gives the impression that the concept is vague and has only ambiguous support, so it might be good to also give more detail about who holds which perspectives (i.e. is there a fringe viewpoint or historical supposition; what views are most widely attested among current specialists?).

Cesiumfrog (talk) 08:40, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Not a useful first sentence, EVERYTHING can be penetrated by a probe
",that can be successively penetrated by a probe inserted perpendicularly to the cortical surface",

EVERYTHING can be penetrated by a probe. Without relation to the rest of the sentence and not helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MStSe (talk • contribs) 16:31, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

pictues please
pictures please RJJ4y7 (talk) 19:11, 4 December 2020 (UTC)