Integration of anatomical and physiological connectivity data sets for layered cortical network models

Abstract

The specific connectivity of the local cortical network pro- vides the structural basis for the function of the informa- tion-processing unit usually referred to as cortical column, cortical module or canonical microcircuit. We investigate in large-scale simulations the dynamical implications of layer-specific connectivity compatible with experimental data. However, the existing data sets are still diverse in their results as in their methodology ranging from electro- physiology to purely anatomical methods. The integra- tion of the different data sets into a consistent model again advances the interpretation of the data