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- noun Plural form of
connectome .
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Following the term genome, these are called connectomes.
The Ultimate Brain Quest Daniel J. Levitin 2012
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Such wiring diagrams have recently been christened "connectomes," drawing on their similarity to the genome, the total DNA sequence of an organism.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"Why study connectomes if genomics is already so powerful?"
The Ultimate Brain Quest Daniel J. Levitin 2012
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Although obtaining connectomes for even the simpler brain of the mouse is beyond our technological abilities today, Mr. Seung lays out the technical hurdles and proposes some more attainable near-term goals.
The Ultimate Brain Quest Daniel J. Levitin 2012
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Except for the last two chapters, the book is not so much about connectomes as about how to use connectomes to frame neuroscience.
The Ultimate Brain Quest Daniel J. Levitin 2012
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The last two chapters of "Connectome" will be catnip for futurists, as Mr. Seung lays out two possible benefits of understanding connectomes: the repair of cryogenically frozen brains and subsequent restoration of consciousness and the uploading of consciousness into computer simulations.
The Ultimate Brain Quest Daniel J. Levitin 2012
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One view is that each connectome or connectivity map will give rise to one and only one brain state and that different connectomes cannot give rise to the same state.
The Ultimate Brain Quest Daniel J. Levitin 2012
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With these technologies, they intend to map the connectomes of our animal cousins, and eventually perhaps even those of humans.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Piecing together connectomes requires analyzing vast numbers of electron microscopic images of brain slices and tracing the tangled connections between neurons, each of which can send projections to other cells several inches away.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Some neuroscientists believe that mapping connectomes could have just as much impact as sequencing the human genome.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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