The highways and byways of the brain

Brain functions rely on the communication network formed by axonal fibers. However, the number of axons connecting different brain regions is unknown. A study in PLoS Biology addresses this question and finds that most areas of the human cerebral cortex are linked by an astoundingly small number of...

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Autores principales: Hilgetag, Claus C., Zikopoulos, Basilis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9004754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35358176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001612
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spelling pubmed-90047542022-04-13 The highways and byways of the brain Hilgetag, Claus C. Zikopoulos, Basilis PLoS Biol Primer Brain functions rely on the communication network formed by axonal fibers. However, the number of axons connecting different brain regions is unknown. A study in PLoS Biology addresses this question and finds that most areas of the human cerebral cortex are linked by an astoundingly small number of fibers. Public Library of Science 2022-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9004754/ /pubmed/35358176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001612 Text en © 2022 Hilgetag, Zikopoulos https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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