Emergence of a small-world functional network in cultured neurons

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Downes, Julia H ^a   Hammond, Mark W ^a   Xydas, Dimitris ^a   Spencer, Matthew C ^a   Becerra, Victor M ^a   Warwick, Kevin ^a   Whalley, Ben J ^a   Nasuto, Slawomir J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; NEURONS;

CULTURED NEURONS; DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES; FUNCTIONAL NETWORK; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; NETWORK PROPERTIES; NEURONAL CONNECTIVITY; REORGANISATION; SMALL WORLD TOPOLOGY; SMALL WORLDS;

GRAPH THEORY;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLIA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; RAT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE NET; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS;

EID: 84863661726     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002522     Document Type: Article

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