The hypergeometric connectivity hypothesis: Divergent performance of brain circuits with different synaptic connectivity distributions

Brain Research

Volumn 1202, Issue , 2008, Pages 3-13

  Felch, Andrew C ^a   Granger, Richard H ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain circuit model; Computational neuroscience; Development; Synaptic distribution; Thalamocortical model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; DENDRITE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; HUMANS; LEARNING; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AVES;

EID: 40749134576     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.06.044     Document Type: Article

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