“By studying the brain as a network, we are, in a sense, adjusting our perspective – akin to examining the patterns that make up constellations of stars instead of focusing on each of the individual stars,” says Prof. Wig.
This was the conclusion that researchers from the Center for Vital Longevity (CVL) at the University of Texas (UT) at Dallas came to in a study they reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Gagan Wig, assistant professor in the UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and colleagues examined how brain areas talk to each other to form brain networks and how these change with age.

Prof. Wig says brain networks are not unlike social and technological networks; they comprise groups of highly interactive nodes, read more www.physiofitnigeria.com