Recent Advances on the Modular Organization of the Cortex

<p>Introduction<br>Manuel F. Casanova and Ioan Opris<br><br>Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle<br>Manuel F. Casanova<br><br>Modular organization of the prefrontal cortex: the legacy of Patricia Goldman-Rakic<br>Lynn D. Selemon<br><br>The types of functional and structural subdivisions of cortical areas<br>Jon H. Kaas and Pooja Balaram<br><br>The types of functional and structural subdivisions of cortical areas<br>Jon H. Kaas and Pooja Balaram<br><br>The minicolumn in comparative context<br>Muhammad A. Spocter, Mary Ann Raghanti, Camilla Butti, Patrick Hof, and Chet C. Sherwood<br><br>Unusual cortical lamination patterns in the sengis (elephant shrews) do not appear to influence the presence of cortical minicolumns<br>Paul Manger, Nina Patzke, Nadine Gravett, Katarina Medger, Consolate Kaswera, Emmanuel Gilissen, and Nigel Bennett<br><br>Active inference, predictive coding and cortical architecture<br>Rick A. Adams, Karl J. Friston, and Andre M. Bastos<br><br>Columnar organization of the motor cortex: direction of movement<br>Apostolos P. Georgopoulos<br><br>Discrete, place-defined macrocolumns in somatosensory cortex: lessons for modular organization of the cerebral cortex<br>Oleg V. Favorov, Barry L. Whitsel, and Mark Tommerdahl<br><br>Prefrontal cortical microcircuits for executive control of behavior<br>Ioan Opris, Ioana L. Popa, and Manuel F. Casanova<br><br>Cytoarchitectural modules: functional specialisation and disruption in neuropsychiatric disorders<br>Steven Chance<br><br>The relevance of subplate modifications to connectivity in the cerebral cortex of individuals with autism spectrum disorders<br>Jeffrey J. Hutsler and Thomas Avino<br><br>The minicolumnopathy of autism<br>Manuel F. Casanova<br><br>Clinical applications of electrophysiological approaches based on cortical modularity in autism<br>Estate M. Sokhadze, Lonnie Sears, Ayman S. El-Baz, Allan Tasman, and Manuel F. Casanova<br><br>Index</p>