The small world of the cerebral cortex

Neuroinformatics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-162

  Sporns, Olaf ^a   Zwi, Jonathan D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Computational neuroanatomy; Information; Network; Small world

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; INTEGRATION; NEUROANATOMY; PATTERN STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; HISTOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRIMATES;

EID: 4444229670     PISSN: 15392791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NI:2:2:145     Document Type: Review

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