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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Main Authors: Stevens Charles F, Srinivasan Shyam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/9/46