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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2017

Micro-connectomics: probing the organization of neuronal networks at the cellular scale.

Manuel Schröter, Ole Paulsen, Edward T Bullmore

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Manuel SchröterDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, UK.
Ole PaulsenDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Physiological Laboratory, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Edward T BullmoreDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defining the organizational principles of neuronal networks at the cellular scale, or micro-connectomics, is a key challenge of modern neuroscience. In this Review, we focus on graph theoretical parameters of micro-connectome topology, often informed by economical principles that conceptually originated with Ramón y Cajal's conservation laws. First, we summarize results from studies in intact small organisms and in samples from larger nervous systems. We then evaluate the evidence for an economical trade-off between biological cost and functional value in the organization of neuronal networks. Various results suggest that many aspects of neuronal network organization are indeed the outcome of competition between these two fundamental selection pressures.

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ConnectomeModels, NeurologicalAnimalsBrainHumansNeural PathwaysNeuronsNeurosciences

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PMID28148956

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