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Principles of brain connectivity organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2006

Claus C. Hilgetag
Claus C. Hilgetag
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Science, International University Bremen, Bremen, 28759, Germany. [email protected] http://www.iu-bremen.de/ses/chilgetag/
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Abstract

Increases of absolute brain size during evolution reinforced stronger structuring of brain connectivity. One consequence is the hierarchical cluster structure of neural systems that combines predominantly short, but not strictly minimal, wiring with short processing pathways. Principles of “large equals well-connected” and “minimal wiring” do not completely account for observed patterns of brain connectivity. A structural model promises better predictions.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 18 - 19
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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