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Institut fur Physik der Universit at PotsdamLinking Structure and Functionof Complex Cortical NetworksDissertationzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades\doctor rerum naturalium"(Dr. rer. nat.)in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin Nichtlineare DynamikEingereicht an derMathematisch{Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult atder Universit at PotsdamvonGorka Zamora-L opezPotsdam, den 2. Oktober 2008This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License: Attribution - Noncommercial - Share Alike 3.0 Unported To view a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: URL http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2011/5225/ URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-52257 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-52257 iiiTo Lucia Zemanov a,for opening our minds to the wonders of cortical networks.ivAbstractThe recent discovery of an intricate and nontrivial interaction topology among the ele-ments of a wide range of natural systems has altered the manner we understand complex-ity. For example, the axonal bres transmitting electrical information between corticalregions form a network which is neither regular nor completely random. Their structureseems to follow functional principles to balance between segregation (functional specialisa-tion) and integration.
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