How does connectivity between cortical areas depend on brain size? Implications for efficient computation

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-356

  Karbowski, Jan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Connectivity; Cortical areas; Mammals; Scaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; MAMMALS;

ALLOMETRIC RELATION; AVERAGE LENGTH; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNECTIVITY; CORTICAL AREAS; EFFICIENT COMPUTATION; SCALINGS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN;

ALLOMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0344234479     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027467911225     Document Type: Review

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