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connectome

connectome

1 9.9
A complete map of connections between nerve cells in a brain or nervous system
  • noun
  • /kəˈnɛktoʊm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : conectoma
  • And President Barack Obama initiated the Connectome Project, a project to map the entire human brain.
  • Human connectome
  • mammalian connectomes
  • structural connectome

So we have one complete connectome constructed.

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Examples

  • There's something called the Connectome Project, which is just as earth shaking as a genome project.

  • Researchers hope that mapping the connectome will help them understand complex brain functions and disorders.

  • So we have one complete connectome constructed.

  • And So what the connectome is, is we'd like to know where every cell in your brain is and how it talks to every other cell in your brain.

  • Using data from the Human Connectome Project (HCP), we provide evidence for systematic differences in the spatial organization of functional regions.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Scientists are working to create a detailed connectome that shows all the neural pathways in the human brain.

  • The connectome of a small organism provides valuable insights into how its brain processes information.

Synonyms

wiring
vsconnectome
  • Specialized
9 4.8

The network of nerve connections in the brain that help it work

is the full detailed map that lists every connection in the system

Antonyms

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

How Complex

connectome
  • Specialized
1 9.9
neural net
  • Specialized
5.2
neuron
  • Specialized
98 4.3

Surface Forms

connectome singular
connectomes plural

Morphology

connectome = connect (semi-transparent) = connect + ome

The base 'connect' clearly relates to connections, but the combining form '-ome' is a specialist scientific suffix meaning a body or complete set and may not be familiar to general learners.

Etymology

The word connectome combines connect ('join together') with the ending -ome, as in genome, which means a 'complete set'. So a connectome is the full 'map' of all the connections in the brain.