Evolution and development of brain networks: From Caenorhabditis elegans to Homo sapiens

Network: Computation in Neural Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 143-147

  Kaiser, Marcus ^a,b   Varier, Sreedevi ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

brain connectivity; brain evolution; connectome; human; nematode; neural network

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HUMANS; NERVE NET;

EID: 82955213549     PISSN: 0954898X     EISSN: 13616536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0954898X.2011.638968     Document Type: Review

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