Robustness and fault tolerance make brains harder to study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Brains increase the survival value of organisms by being robust and fault tolerant. That is, brain circuits continue to operate as the organism needs, even when the circuit properties are significantly perturbed. Kispersky and colleagues, in a recent paper in <...
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BMC
2011-06-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/9/46 |