Analyzing Self-Similar and Fractal Properties of the C. elegans Neural Network

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Reese, Tyler M ^a   Brzoska, Antoni ^a   Yott, Dylan T ^b   Kelleher, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EIGENVALUE COUNTING FUNCTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; SELF SIMILARITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONNECTOME; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; FRACTALS; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84867178252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040483     Document Type: Article

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