Monosynaptic Scalable Architecture Revealed by Transsynaptic Rabies Tracing
Daniel Fürth
Meletis Lab
Network for Networks
12 Feb 2016
daniel.furth@ki.se
Reconstructing brain from sectioned tissue
Isometric
Allometric
Herculano-Houzel et al. PNAS
Stevens (2000) Nature
Stevens (2000) Nature
Hubel & Wiesel (1974), Blasdel (1986)
Stevens (2000) Nature
Cuntz, Mathy & Häusser (2012) PNAS
Livneh, Feinstein, Klein and Mizrahi (2009) JoN
Cuntz, Mathy & Häusser (2012) PNAS
Cuntz, Mathy & Häusser (2012) PNAS
Amaral et al. (2000); White, Southgate, Thompson & Brenner (1986)
Total output for the network:
Total connection of type k for ith neuron:
Average number of connections in network
Cost per unit length for dendrite to cover an area
Set average number of connections to the cost for the dendritic tree
Cowan, (1984), Azevedo & Leroi (2000) PNAS
Data you shouldn't
go to war on
Data you do
go to war on
Gene specificity
about ~24'000 genes expressed in the brain.