The brainstem reticular formation is a small-world, not scale-free, network

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1585, 2006, Pages 503-511

  Humphries, M D ^a   Gurney, K ^a   Prescott, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational neuroanatomy; Networks; Reticular formation; Scale free; Small world

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIMATE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; RETICULAR FORMATION; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 33646689571     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3354     Document Type: Article

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