title: Growth of cortical neuronal network in vitro: modeling and analysis.
abstract: We present a detailed analysis and theoretical growth models to account for recent experimental data on the growth of cortical neuronal networks in vitro [Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 088101 (2004)]. The experimentally observed synchronized firing frequency of a well-connected neuronal network is shown to be proportional to the mean network connectivity. The growth of the network is consistent with the model of an early enhanced growth of connection, but followed by a retarded growth once the synchronized cluster is formed. Microscopic models with dominant excluded volume interactions are consistent with the observed exponential decay of the mean connection probability as a function of the mean network connectivity. The biological implications of the growth model are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Biophysics and Center for Complex Systems, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan 320, Republic of China. pylai@phy.ncu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Pik-Yin
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*