Primate neuronal connections are sparse as compared to mouse
Gregg A. Wildenberg, Matthew C. Rosen, Jack Lundell, Dawn Paukner, David J. Freedman, Narayanan Kasthuri
The paper compares synaptic connectivity in primate and mouse visual cortices, finding primate connections are sparser, and shows that synaptic maintenance costs may explain this difference in artificial neural networks.
Cell Reports · Sep 1, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience