Reconstruction of virtual neural circuits in an insect brain

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2009, Pages 206-213

  Namiki, Shigehiro ^a,b   Haupt, S Shuichi ^a   Kazawa, Tomoki ^a   Takashima, Akira ^a   Ikeno, Hidetoshi ^c   Kanzaki, Ryohei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digital atlas; Identifiable neurons; Neuron database; Virtual brain

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755164376     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.028.2009     Document Type: Review

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