Nonoptimal Component Placement, but Short Processing Paths, due to Long-Distance Projections in Neural Systems

Figure 2

Original and Optimally Rearranged Macaque Cortical Networks

(A) Original placement of 95 cortical areas.

(B) Network layout after evolutionary rearrangement of areas to minimize total wiring.

A larger version of this figure is available at http://www.biological-networks.org.