Session IStatistics and

geometry of neuronal connections

Chair: Noritaka Ichinohe Lab for Cortical Organization and Systematics

Brain Science Institute, RIKEN

QuestionsThe statistics of the cortical connections: long-range axonal connections and micro-circuitsThe mini-architecture of the cerebral cortex. The on-board micro-circuitry, dendritic growth, trees bifurcations (development of connectivity) and plasticity

18th May, Morning

Topics1. Bringing together functional and anatomical connectivity2. Species comparison and bridging (human, monkey, rodent)

1. McIntosh

2. Van Essen

1. McIntosh2. Van Essen(macroscopic area to area connectivity)

3. Rockland(long-range+local circuit)

4. Silberberg(local circuit)

3. Exploring different spatial levels of connectivity (area to area, microcircuitry etc.) and structures (area, column, layer etc.)

3. Rockland

Spatial and temporal resolution of the methods(Cognitive Neuroscience, eds. Gazzaniga et al., 1998)

4. Integration of long-distance and intrinsic connections

A cortical wiring diagram2. Van Essen

Single axon reconstruction3. Rockland

4. SilberbergIntrinsic micro-circuitry

5. Formation and plasticity of neural connections

Bouton

Touch

4. SilberbergTabula rasa

Tension-based Cortical Folding 2. Van Essen

Whole-cell recordings &Confocal connection analysis