Scaling and genetics of neural architecture
Journal: eScholarship (California Digital Library)
Year: 2011

The structure of neural systems is fundamental to their function and is the product of both genes and the environment. Elucidating how and why brains take their particular form is a step toward understanding what makes us human and would improve the diagnosis and treatment of heritable neuropsychiatric disorders with characteristic brain pathology. Statistical analysis of anatomical and genetic variation within species provides a powerful strategy for understanding the structural layout of brain