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Reply to Castro et al.: Do connectomes possess markers of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity?

Year: 2023

Type: letter

Abstract: Humans become increasingly fragile as they age. We show that something similar may happen to states, although for states, the risk of termination levels off as they grow older, allowing some to persist for millennia. Proximate causes of their ...How states and great powers rise and fall is an intriguing enigma of human history. Are there any patterns? Do polities become more vulnerable over time as they age? We analyze longevity in hundreds of premodern states using survival analysis to help ...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2317056120

Authors: Nikolai M. Chapochnikov, Cengiz Pehlevan, Dmitri B. Chklovskii

Institutions: New York University, Harvard University, Flatiron Institute

Language: English

Topic: Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4389296984

Cites: 5

Cited by: 1

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