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Segregation of the Brain into Gray and White Matter: A Design Minimizing Conduction Delays

A ubiquitous feature of the vertebrate anatomy is the segregation of the brain into white and gray matter. Assuming that evolution maximized brain functionality, what is the reason for such segregation? To answer this question, we posit that brain functionality requires high interconnectivity and sh...

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Autores principales: Wen, Quan, Chklovskii, Dmitri B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1323466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16389299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010078

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