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Global optimization of cerebral cortex layout.

Christopher Cherniak1, Zekeria Mokhtarzada, Raul Rodriguez-Esteban

  • 1Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. cherniak@umd.edu

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|January 15, 2004
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Mammalian cerebral cortex wiring is highly optimized, approaching best-in-a-billion levels. This brain network optimization, analyzed via adjacency cost and a size law, surpasses computer chips but trails economic networks.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Computational Biology
  • Network Science

Background:

  • The physical placement of components in systems aims to minimize interconnection costs.
  • Understanding brain network optimization is crucial for deciphering neural computation.
  • Previous studies focused on theoretical models, lacking empirical validation in biological systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the physical placement of functional areas in mammalian cerebral cortex for optimal interconnection costs.
  • To develop and validate a size law for predicting optimization patterns in incomplete brain networks.
  • To compare the wiring efficiency of mammalian cortex with artificial systems like computer chips and economic networks.

Main Methods:

  • Validated an adjacency cost metric as a proxy for minimizing total connection length in cortical microcircuits.

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  • Developed a size law to predict optimization patterns in subnetworks, addressing incomplete network information.
  • Quantitatively assessed the connection optimization of macaque and cat cortex, comparing them to computer chips and U.S. state commodity-flow networks.

    • Main Results:

    • Mammalian cerebral cortex exhibits a high degree of connection optimization, approaching a best-in-a-billion level.
    • Cortical wiring efficiency surpasses that of comparably structured computer chips.
    • While less optimized than macroeconomic commodity-flow networks, cortex wiring adheres more closely to the developed size law.

    Conclusions:

    • The physical layout of the mammalian cerebral cortex is optimized to minimize the costs of neural interconnections.
    • The developed size law effectively predicts optimization patterns in brain subnetworks, even with incomplete data.
    • The superior adherence of cortex wiring to the size law suggests the involvement of global processes in its optimization.