Communication and Wiring in the Cortical Connectome

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages 1-59

  Budd, Julian ^a   Kisvárday, Zoltán F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Axon; Cerebral Cortex; Communication; Connectome; Dendrite; Networks; Optimization; Ram n y Cajal

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL TRACT TRACER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CORTICAL CONNECTOME; CORTICAL ORGANIZATION; CORTICAL WIRING; DENDRITE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; POSTSYNAPTIC TEMPORAL METABOLIC COST; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TEMPORAL METABOLIC COST; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL METABOLIC COST; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THICK TUFTED LAYER 5 PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 84867045610     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00042     Document Type: Article

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