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+# wholeBrain imaging paper
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+The goal of this work is to provide a general description of the population activity patterns that occur in developing cerebral cortex.
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+The main manuscript file is [[wholeBrain_main.md]]
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 Author: James B. Ackman  
-Date: 2012-12-31 12:30:49  
-Date Modified: 2013-09-04 10:54:02  
-Tags: paper, draft, manuscript, literature, research, retinal waves, Spontaneous Activity, development  
+Date: 2013-09-04 10:54:02  
+Tags: paper, draft, manuscript, literature, research, #results, retinal waves, Spontaneous Activity, development, calcium domains  
 
 # Structured population activity across developing neocortex