Sparse reconstruction of brain circuits: Or, how to survive without a microscopic connectome

NeuroImage

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-36

  da Costa, Nuno Maçarico ^a   Martin, Kevan A C ^a  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canonical circuit; Connectome; Neocortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONNECTOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

CANONICAL CIRCUIT; CONNECTOME; NEOCORTEX;

ANIMALS; CONNECTOME; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET;

EID: 84880329103     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.054     Document Type: Article

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