Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries (2009)
Chapter: Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?
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Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
Suggested Citation:
"Task Group Summary 6--The brain is the epitome of complexity. How will understanding the complex, linked interactions among the many types of neurons in the brain lead to knowing how the brain contributes to normal function and susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disease?." National Research Council. 2009. Complex Systems: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12622.
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