Slicing, sampling, and distance-dependent effects affect network measures in simulated cortical circuit structures

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue November, 2014, Pages

  Miner, Daniel C ^a   Triesch, Jochen ^a  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common neighbor; Cortical networks; Cortical slices; Graph theory; Motifs; Network topology; Nonrandom connectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTOME; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84908666578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00125     Document Type: Article

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