On the fractal distribution of brain synapses

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Speaker: 

Crandall, Richard

Affiliation: 
Center for Advanced Computation, Reed College

Abstract

Analysis of brain-synapse coordinates in actual mouse-brain tissue has recently revealed that the synapses are not randomly distributed. So is there a pattern? In a sense, yes; in another sense, no. The lecture will touch upon such as: Fractal sets and their fractional dimensions, how to construct fractals that agree with real-world laboratory distributions, and connections with the modern theory of box integrals.

Video: 

Details

Date & Time: 
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 16:00 - 17:00
Venue/Room: 
ASB 10900