Brain’s wrinkles impacts the functioning of the organ, says the latest research. In the new study, titled ‘Geometric constraints on human brain function’, scientists compared outer folds of the cerebral cortex and the web of nerves that link the crucial regions of the cerebral cortex, two main components of the brain structure.
The author of the study shared that the research was set to explore how anatomy of organs impact their functions.
The findings of the study further elaborated that the shape of the cerebral cortex has a higher impact than the connectome.
The study also look deeper into the topic of how the brain actually works. It stated that the neurons when in exciting state can communicate the same to the nearby neurons. The authors wanted to understand how the brain activity is impacted by the excited state of the neurons. They were keen to understand whether these excited neurons spread across the brain’s surface or through distant interconnections.
With the help of mathematical and physics wave theory, the study found that the excited neurons can spread via waves and to other parts of the brain. Interestingly, they also found that these waves can travel back in periodic oscillations as well.
The team calculated the modes of brainwave for cortical surface and for the connectome. They collected the data from over 10.000 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and found that the brain wave modes, in both resting and activity state, were better explained by the surface geometry model.