?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=From+Neurons+to+Brain%3A+Adaptive+Self-Wiring+of+Neurons&rft.creator=Segev%2C+Ronen&rft.creator=Ben-Jacob%2C+Eshel&rft.subject=Biophysics&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Neuroanatomy&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Neurophysiology&rft.description=During+embryonic+morpho-genesis%2C+a+collection+of+individual+neurons+turns+into+a+functioning+network+with+unique+capabilities.+Only+recently+has+this+most+staggering+example+of+emergent+process+in+the+natural+world%2C+began+to+be+studied.+Here+we+propose+a+navigational+strategy+for+neurites+growth+cones%2C+based+on+sophisticated+chemical+signaling.+We+further+propose+that+the+embryonic+environment+(the+neurons+and+the+glia+cells)+acts+as+an+excitable+media+in+which+concentric+and+spiral+chemical+waves+are+formed.+Together+with+the+navigation+strategy%2C+the+chemical+waves+provide+a+mechanism+for+communication%2C+regulation%2C+and+control+required+for+the+adaptive+self-wiring+of+neurons.&rft.date=1998-04&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F57%2F2%2Ffrom_neurons.ps&rft.identifier=++Segev%2C+Ronen+and+Ben-Jacob%2C+Eshel++(1998)+From+Neurons+to+Brain%3A+Adaptive+Self-Wiring+of+Neurons.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F57%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>