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Adaptive rewiring: a general principle for neural network development.

Jia Li^1,2, Roman Bauer³, Ilias Rentzeperis⁴

¹Brain and Cognition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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Adaptive rewiring, a principle of dynamic network reorganization, shapes complex brain topology. This process generates modular small-world networks and influences neurodevelopmental disorders and creativity.

Keywords:

brain development generative modeling network neuroscience network physiology spontaneous activity structural plasticity

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Area of Science:

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Network Science

Background:

The human brain exhibits a highly complex network topology.
Neurodevelopmental processes are increasingly understood through dynamic optimization principles.

Purpose of the Study:

To discuss the principle of adaptive rewiring and its generalization for directed networks.
To explore how adaptive rewiring shapes brain network topology and its implications.

Main Methods:

Discussing the principle of adaptive rewiring based on signal communication intensity (synchronization/diffusion).
Generalizing adaptive rewiring for directed networks and neurally plausible models.
Analyzing the transformation of networks into modular small-world structures with rich-club cores.

Main Results:

Adaptive rewiring generates key features of complex brain topology, including modularity and rich-club organization.
This principle is specific, robust, and flexible, producing a range of network configurations.
Extreme variants are linked to disorders like schizophrenia, autism, and dyslexia, and suggest a dyslexia-creativity link.
Adaptive rewiring interacts with network growth and spatial principles to form distinct structures and functional architectures.

Conclusions:

Adaptive rewiring is a fundamental principle explaining the development of complex brain network topology.
It offers insights into neurodevelopment, functional architectures, and potential links to neurological disorders and creativity.
Future research directions for adaptive rewiring are discussed.