Mapping the brain's complexity - 'one of science's ultimate goals'
Tibi Puiu
Similar to genomics, the science which maps our genetic background, “connectomics” is a new emerging science which is becoming very popular in the neuroscience area. Basically, connectomics aims to map the highly intense neuron connections and properties in the brain, more exactly the synapses, and recently researchers have made important progress in the field which brings us a step closer to developing a computer model of the brain.
The breakthrough was made when scientists managed to...