A Marker-Based Model for the Ontogenesis of Routing Circuits

Abstract. We present a model for the ontogenesis of information routing architectures in the brain based on chemical markers guiding axon growth. The model produces all-to-all connectivity between given populations of input and output nodes using a minimum of cortical resources (links and intermediate nodes). The resulting structures are similar to architectures proposed in the literature, but with interesting qualitative differences making them biologically more plausible.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ICANN
• Authors: Philipp Wolfrum, Christoph von der Malsburg
• Keywords: ICANN 2007, Information Routing Architectures, Markers Guiding Axon, Output Nodes