Is cortical connectivity optimized for storing information?

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 749-755

  Brunel, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONNECTOME; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERNEURON; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; THEORETICAL MODEL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84963625808     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4286     Document Type: Article

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