Highly Nonrandom Features of Synaptic Connectivity in Local Cortical Circuits

Sen Song; Per Jesper Sjöström; Markus Reigl; Sacha Nelson; Dmitri B Chklovskii

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030068

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Highly Nonrandom Features of Synaptic Connectivity in Local Cortical Circuits

Sen Song,

Affiliation Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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Per Jesper Sjöström,

Affiliations Department of Biology and Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Physiology, University College, London, United Kingdom
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Markus Reigl,

Affiliation Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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Sacha Nelson,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Dmitri B Chklovskii

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mitya@cshl.edu

Affiliation Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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Highly Nonrandom Features of Synaptic Connectivity in Local Cortical Circuits

Sen Song,
Per Jesper Sjöström,
Markus Reigl,
Sacha Nelson,
Dmitri B Chklovskii

Published: March 1, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030068

About the Authors

Sen Song

Affiliation Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America

Per Jesper Sjöström

Affiliations Department of Biology and Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Physiology, University College, London, United Kingdom

Markus Reigl

Affiliation Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America

Sacha Nelson

Affiliation Department of Biology and Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dmitri B Chklovskii

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mitya@cshl.edu

Affiliation Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PJS and SN conceived and designed experiments. PJS performed the experiments. SS and DBC conceived, designed, and performed the analysis using software developed by MR. SS measured cell positions.

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