Neuroscience needs network science

DL Barabási, G Bianconi, E Bullmore… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
The brain is a complex system comprising a myriad of interacting neurons, posing significant
challenges in understanding its structure, function, and dynamics. Network science has …

A set of hub neurons and non-local connectivity features support global brain dynamics in C. elegans

K Uzel, S Kato, M Zimmer - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
The wiring architecture of neuronal networks is assumed to be a strong determinant of their
dynamical computations. An ongoing effort in neuroscience is therefore to generate …

[BOOK][B] Dynamics and Bifurcation in Networks: Theory and Applications of Coupled Differential Equations

M Golubitsky, I Stewart - 2023 - SIAM
The biologist JBS Haldane, when asked what we can learn about the Creator by examining
the world, is said to have replied “an inordinate fondness for beetles”[705]. Today's …

Structural and developmental principles of neuropil assembly in C. elegans

MW Moyle, KM Barnes, M Kuchroo, A Gonopolskiy… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Neuropil is a fundamental form of tissue organization within the brain, in which densely
packed neurons synaptically interconnect into precise circuit architecture,. However, the …

Dynamics and bifurcations in genetic circuits with fibration symmetries

I Stewart, SDS Reis, HA Makse - Journal of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Circuit building blocks of gene regulatory networks (GRN) have been identified through the
fibration symmetries of the underlying biological graph. Here, we analyse analytically six of …

Geometric scaling law in real neuronal networks

XY Zhang, JM Moore, X Ru, G Yan - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We investigate the synapse-resolution connectomes of fruit flies across different
developmental stages, revealing a consistent scaling law in neuronal connection probability …

[HTML][HTML] Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives

A Gosztolai, P Ramdya - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
A major goal shared by neuroscience and collective behavior is to understand how dynamic
interactions between individual elements give rise to behaviors in populations of neurons …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical perspective on functional and causal neural connectomics: A comparative study

R Biswas, E Shlizerman - Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Representation of brain network interactions is fundamental to the translation of neural
structure to brain function. As such, methodologies for map** neural inter-actions into …

Fibration symmetries uncover the building blocks of biological networks

F Morone, I Leifer, HA Makse - Proceedings of the National …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
A major ambition of systems science is to uncover the building blocks of any biological
network to decipher how cellular function emerges from their interactions. Here, we …

Compression-based inference of network motif sets

A Bénichou, JB Masson… - PLoS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Physical and functional constraints on biological networks lead to complex topological
patterns across multiple scales in their organization. A particular type of higher-order …