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SYBN: Biological and Social Networks

SYBN 3: Biologische und Soziale Netzwerke, Postersitzung

SYBN 3.28: Poster

Monday, March 7, 2005, 14:00–15:30, Poster TU E

Organization of Cortical Brain Networks — •Claus C. Hilgetag1,2 and Marcus Kaiser11Intl. Univ. Bremen, Campus Ring 6, 28759 Bremen — 2Boston University, Boston, USA

Networks of long-range projections in the cerebral cortex of mammalian brains possess an intricate, non-random organization. Specifically, connections are arranged in small-world networks, forming clusters of cortical areas, which are closely linked among each other, but less frequently with areas in other clusters. In order to delineate the structure of cortical clusters and to identify their members, we employed an evolutionary optimization approach. In different compilations of connectivity data for the cat and macaque monkey brain, the algorithm identified a small number of clusters, which broadly agreed with functional cortical subdivisions. The clustered, small-world organization of cortical networks, therefore, has implications for the efficient and flexible cooperation of different brain regions. This structural organization may also represent an optimal balance between different constraints on efficient design, flexible functioning as well as high robustness of the nervous system.

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