connectomicsn.
/kənɛkˈtɒmɪks/, /ˌkɒnɛkˈtɒmɪks/, U.S. /kəˌnɛkˈtɑmɪks/, /ˌkɑnəkˈtɑmɪks/ The scientific study of connectomes; the branch of neuroscience concerned with this. Cf. connectome n.
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neurology1670
neurography1738
nerve physiology1845
neurophysiology1859
neuromyologya1890
neuroanatomy1900
neuroendocrinology1922
neuroscience1944
neurochemistry1945
synaptology1962
psychoneuroendocrinology1970
connectomics2007
2007 New Scientist 3 Nov. 65/3 The first classes in connectomics are being offered jointly at MIT and Harvard this fall.
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Feb. d4/2 In the 1980s, the best tool for looking at neurocircuitry was to take a piece of removed tissue and look at single neurons... In the last three years, we've gotten connectomics, where people are taking a bit of tissue and mapping every connection in it.
2017 Informatics 4 No. 29. 2 (caption) The typical connectomics workflow includes several steps: image tiles of brain tissue are acquired using an electron microscope, registered in 2D and 3D, and automatically segmented into neurons.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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