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Component placement optimization in the brain
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This computational neuroanatomy study evaluates how well some formalisms derived from combinatorial network optimization theory fit as models for brain structure. At multiple hierarchical levels--brain, ganglion, individual cell--physical placement of neural components appears consistent with a single, simple goal: minimize cost of connections among the components. The most dramatic instance of this “save wire” organizing principle is reported for adjacencies among ganglia in the nematode nervous system; among about 40,000,000 alternative layout orderings, the actual ganglion placement in fact requires the least total connection length. In addition, evidence supports a component placement optimization hypothesis for positioning of individual neurons in the nematode, and also for positioning of mammalian cortical areas.
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- Authors
- Cherniak, C.
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 1994-04-01
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 2418-2427
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- OpenAlex
- W2163071595
- Cited by
- 270
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 2.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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