Optimal wiring in the cortex and neuronal degree of separation

Neurocomputing

Volumn 44-46, Issue , 2002, Pages 875-879

  Karbowski, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Connectivity; Mammals; Optimization; Scaling

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

NEURONS;

NEUROLOGY;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY COST; NERVE FIBER; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0036064020     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(02)00486-1     Document Type: Article

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