On the dynamics of cortical development: synchrony and synaptic self-organisation.

We describe a model for cortical development that resolves long-standing difficulties of earlier models. It is proposed that, during embryonic development, synchronous firing of neurons and their competition for limited metabolic resources leads to selection of an array of neurons with ultra-small-w...

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Main Authors: James Joseph Wright, Paul David eBourke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2013.00004/full