Scaling the brain and its connections

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 167-180

  Changizi, M A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Areas; Axon caliber; Brain scaling; Brain size; Complexity; Connectivity; Convolutions; Minicolumns; Network diameter; Neuron density; Optimality; White matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882818009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00061-6     Document Type: Chapter

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