Placement and routing optimization in the brain

Chen, B. L., Chklovskii, D. B. (April 2006) Placement and routing optimization in the brain. Proceedings of the 2006 international symposium on Physical design, 2006. pp. 136-141.

URL: https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1123008.11230...
DOI: 10.1145/1123008.1123034

Abstract

Given that brains and computers are similar in many respects, can vast experience in computer engineering help us understand brain design? Here we apply tools developed for physical design of computer chips to understand the layout of the nervous system. Starting with the known wiring diagram of the C. elegans nervous system, we predict the locations of synapses and extent of neurons that minimize the total wiring length. Comparing predicted locations of C. elegans neuronal cell bodies with the actual locations, we find reasonable agreement. Therefore, minimization of wiring length is an important consideration both in chip design and brain architecture. Furthermore, wire length minimization can be used to infer functional roles of neuronal components. Copyright 2006 ACM.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: organism description > animal > C elegans
bioinformatics > quantitative biology
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > organs types and functions > brain
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > computers > computer hardware
Publication Type > Meeting Abstract
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > sub-cellular tissues: types and functions > synapse
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL labs > Chklovskii lab
School of Biological Sciences > Publications
Depositing User: CSHL Librarian
Date: 9 April 2006
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2011 18:20
Last Modified: 03 Jan 2019 16:03
URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/22771

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