connectomics

English

Etymology

From connect + -omics.

Noun

connectomics (uncountable)

  1. (neuroscience) The study of the brain in terms of wiring diagrams visualizing neural circuitry, including neurons, synapses, spines, and others.
    Synonym: hodology
    • 2012, Olaf Sporns, Discovering the Human Connectome, MIT Press, →ISBN:
      I believe it is fair to say that the connectome and the nascent field of connectomics are beginning to influence the ways many neuroscientists collect, analyze, and think about their data.
    • 2012, Advances in Genetics, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 121:
      The giant fiber system provides a particular opportunity for functional connectomics because the functional contributions of elements in the pathway can so readily be assayed from its behavioral output.

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