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Shape, connectedness and dynamics in neuronal networks

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Autor(es):
Comin, Cesar Henrique ; Costa, Luciano da Fontoura
Número total de Autores: 2
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS; v. 220, n. 2, p. 16-pg., 2013-11-15.
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The morphology of neurons is directly related to several aspects of the nervous system, including its connectedness, health, development, evolution, dynamics and, ultimately, behavior. Such interplays of the neuronal morphology can be understood within the more general shape-function paradigm. The current article reviews, in an introductory way, some key issues regarding the role of neuronal morphology in the nervous system, with emphasis on works developed in the authors' group. The following topics are addressed: (a) characterization of neuronal shape; (b) stochastic synthesis of neurons and neuronal systems; (c) characterization of the connectivity of neuronal networks by using complex networks concepts; and (d) investigations of influences of neuronal shape on network dynamics. The presented concepts and methods are useful also for several other multiple object systems, such as protein-protein interaction, tissues, aggregates and polymers. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 11/50151-0 - Fenômenos dinâmicos em redes complexas: fundamentos e aplicações
Beneficiário:Elbert Einstein Nehrer Macau
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
Processo FAPESP: 11/50761-2 - Modelos e métodos de e-Science para ciências da vida e agrárias
Beneficiário:Roberto Marcondes Cesar Junior
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
Processo FAPESP: 11/22639-8 - Estudo da relação estrutura-dinâmica em redes modulares
Beneficiário:Cesar Henrique Comin
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado