title: Hierarchical modular brain connectivity is a stretch for criticality.
abstract: A new paper shows that a characteristic feature of the arrangement of brain networks, their modular organization across several scales, is responsible for an expanded range of critical neural dynamics. This finding solves several puzzles in computational neuroscience and links fundamental aspects of neural network organization and brain dynamics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Eppendorf, Hamburg University, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: c.hilgetag@uke.de.
authors.forename: Claus C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hilgetag
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University, Campus Ring 6, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Marc-Thorsten
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hütt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*