title: Brain organization: wiring economy works for the large and small.
abstract: The highest-resolution test to date of the wire minimization hypothesis has found that this principle works well for brain regions with a volume just over 400 μm(3). What is the wire minimization hypothesis, and why should anyone care about it?
authors.affiliation: The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. stevens@salk.edu
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000648:ultrastructure*