Brain network connections revealed

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 22:30 in Biology & Nature

New research has revealed that the brain is characterized by a highly consistent, weighted network among the functional areas of the cortex, which are responsible for such functions as vision, hearing, touch, movement control and complex associations. The study in primates has revealed that such cortical networks and their properties are reproducible from individual to individual.

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