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The brain is a paradigmatic example of a complex system as its functionality emerges as a global property of local mesoscopic and microscopic interactions. Complex network theory allows to elicit the functional architecture of the brain in…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-01-18 Rossana Mastrandrea , Andrea Gabrielli , Fabrizio Piras , Gianfranco Spalletta , Guido Caldarelli , Tommaso Gili

Large-scale white matter pathways crisscrossing the cortex create a complex pattern of connectivity that underlies human cognitive function. Generative mechanisms for this architecture have been difficult to identify in part because little…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-06-16 Florian Klimm , Danielle S. Bassett , Jean M. Carlson , Peter J. Mucha

Allometric scaling laws, such as Kleiber's law for metabolic rate, highlight how efficiency emerges with size across living systems. The brain, with its characteristic sublinear scaling of activity, has long posed a puzzle: why do larger…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-05-26 Tiago S. A. N. Simões , José S. Andrade , Hans J. Herrmann , Stefano Zapperi , Lucilla de Arcangelis

We utilize a model of Wilson-Cowan oscillators to investigate structure-function relationships in the human brain by means of simulations of the spontaneous dynamics of brain networks generated through human connectome data. This allows us…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-06-14 Youssef Kora , Salma Salhi , Jörn Davidsen , Christoph Simon

Recent developments in network neuroscience have highlighted the importance of developing techniques for analyzing and modeling brain networks. A particularly powerful approach for studying complex neural systems is to formulate generative…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2022-09-09 Viplove Arora , Enrico Amico , Joaquín Goñi , Mario Ventresca

We propose a model for growing networks based on a finite memory of the nodes. The model shows stylized features of real-world networks: power law distribution of degree, linear preferential attachment of new links and a negative…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Konstantin Klemm , Victor M. Eguiluz

We propose a neural network model of multi-neuron interacting system that simulates neurons to interact each other through the surroundings of neuronal cell bodies. We physically model the neuronal cell surroundings, include the dendrites,…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2021-07-05 Yu-Juan Sun , Wei-Min Zhang

In large neuronal networks, it is believed that functions emerge through the collective behavior of many interconnected neurons. Recently, the development of experimental techniques that allow simultaneous recording of calcium concentration…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 Xiaowen Chen , Francesco Randi , Andrew M. Leifer , William Bialek

The brain is a highly complex system. Most of such complexity stems from the intermingled connections between its parts, which give rise to rich dynamics and to the emergence of high-level cognitive functions. Disentangling the underlying…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-08-14 Vito Dichio , Fabrizio De Vico Fallani

This paper describes how realistic neuromorphic networks can have their connectivity properties fully characterized in analytical fashion. By assuming that all neurons have the same shape and are regularly distributed along the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 Luciano da F. Costa

This paper explores the intricate behavior of deep neural networks (DNNs) through the lens of neuron activation dynamics. We propose a probabilistic framework that can analyze models' neuron activation patterns as a stochastic process,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Yizhou Zhang , Yang Sui

Spatially constrained planar networks are frequently encountered in real-life systems. In this paper, based on a space-filling disk packing we propose a minimal model for spatial maximal planar networks, which is similar to but different…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-08-05 Zhongzhi Zhang , Jihong Guan , Bailu Ding , Lichao Chen , Shuigeng Zhou

Power grid networks, as well as neuronal networks with synaptic plasticity, describe real-world systems of tremendous importance for our daily life. The investigation of these seemingly unrelated types of dynamical networks has attracted…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-05-17 Rico Berner , Serhiy Yanchuk , Eckehard Schöll

A central claim in modern network science is that real-world networks are typically "scale free," meaning that the fraction of nodes with degree $k$ follows a power law, decaying like $k^{-\alpha}$, often with $2 < \alpha < 3$. However,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-03-19 Anna D. Broido , Aaron Clauset

Hierarchical tree structures are common in many real-world systems, from tree roots and branches to neuronal dendrites and biologically inspired artificial neural networks, as well as in technological networks for organizing and searching…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-02-04 Davide Cipollini , Lambert Schomaker

The brain is a complex organ characterized by heterogeneous patterns of structural connections supporting unparalleled feats of cognition and a wide range of behaviors. New noninvasive imaging techniques now allow these patterns to be…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2020-04-03 Christopher W. Lynn , Danielle S. Bassett

The time elapsed model describes the firing activity of an homogeneous assembly of neurons thanks to the distribution of times elapsed since the last discharge. It gives a mathematical description of the probability density of neurons…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-16 Khashayar Pakdaman , Benoît Perthame , Delphine Salort

In this article, we propose a simple rule that generates scale-free networks with very large clustering coefficient and very small average distance. These networks are called {\bf Random Apollonian Networks}(RAN) as they can be considered…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tao Zhou , Gang Yan , Bing-Hong Wang

Cortical networks, in-vitro as well as in-vivo, can spontaneously generate a variety of collective dynamical events such as network spikes, UP and DOWN states, global oscillations, and avalanches. Though each of them have been variously…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-11-30 Guido Gigante , Gustavo Deco , Shimon Marom , Paolo Del Giudice

Superconducting optoelectronic loop neurons are a class of circuits potentially conducive to networks for large-scale artificial cognition. These circuits employ superconducting components including single-photon detectors, Josephson…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-19 Jeffrey M. Shainline , Bryce A. Primavera , Saeed Khan