Casanova Manuel F
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Transl Neurosci. 2010;1(1):62-71. doi: 10.2478/v10134-010-0002-2. Epub 2010 Mar 18.
The organization of the cortex can be understood as a complex system comprised of interconnected modules called minicolumns. Comparative anatomical studies suggest that evolution has prompted a scale free world network of connectivity within the white matter while simultaneously increasing the complexity of minicolumnar composition. It is this author's opinion that this complex system is poised to collapse under the weight of environmental exigencies. Some mental disorders may be the manifestations of this collapse.
大脑皮层的组织可被理解为一个由称为微柱的相互连接的模块组成的复杂系统。比较解剖学研究表明,进化促使白质内形成了一个无标度的世界网络连接,同时增加了微柱组成的复杂性。作者认为,这个复杂系统在环境压力的重压下可能会崩溃。一些精神障碍可能就是这种崩溃的表现。