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Brain mapping is a set of neuroscience techniques predicated on the mapping of (biological) quantities or properties onto spatial representations of the (human or non-human) brain resulting in maps. All neuroimaging can be considered part of brain mapping. Brain mapping can be conceived as a higher form of neuroimaging, producing brain images supplemented by the result of additional (imaging or non-imaging) data processing or analysis, such as maps projecting (measures of) behaviour onto brain regions (see fMRI). Brain Mapping techniques are constantly evolving, and rely on the development and refinement of image acquisition, representation, analysis, visualization and interpretation techniques. Functional and structural neuroimaging are at the core of the mapping aspect of Brain Mapping.

History

In the late 1980s in the United States, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science was commissioned to establish a panel to investigate the value of integrating neuroscientific information across a variety of techniques.[1] Of specific interest is using structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), positron emission tomography (PET) and other non-invasive scanning techniques to map anatomy, physiology, perfusion, function and phenotypes of the human brain. Both healthy and diseased brains may be mapped to study memory, learning, aging, and drug effects in various populations such as people with schizophrenia, autism, and clinical depression. This led to the establishment of the Human Brain Project.[2] Following a series of meetings, the International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM) evolved.[3] The ultimate goal is to develop flexible computational brain atlases.'''

Current atlas tools

  • Talairach Atlas, 1988
  • Harvard Whole Brain Atlas, 1995[4]
  • MNI Template, 1998 (the standard template of SPM and International Consortium for Brain Mapping)

See also

National Centers for Biomedical Computing (NCBC)

External links

References

1. ^ Pechura and Martin, 1991
2. ^ Huerta et al., 1993
3. ^ Mazziotta and Toga, 1995
4. ^ [1] Harvard Whole Brain Atlas
Mapping may refer to:
  • Cartography, mapmaking
  • Surveying, accurately determining the position of points in 3-D space
  • Photogrammetry, inferring 3-D information from stereo photographs

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MAP may refer to:
  • MAP, the ISO 639 alpha-3 for Austronesian languages
  • MAP (band), an indie band from Riverside, California
  • Maghreb Arab Press, the official Moroccan news agency
  • Malawi Against Polio

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Neuroimaging includes the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function/pharmacology of the brain. It is a relatively new discipline within medicine and neuroscience.
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Neuroimaging includes the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function/pharmacology of the brain. It is a relatively new discipline within medicine and neuroscience.
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is the use of MRI to measure the haemodynamic response related to neural activity in the brain or spinal cord of humans or other animals. It is one of the most recently developed forms of neuroimaging.
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Visualization can refer to

psychology:
  • The process of creating internal mental images (internal visualization and imagination)
  • Spatial Visualization Ability
spiritual disciplines:

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Neuroimaging includes the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function/pharmacology of the brain. It is a relatively new discipline within medicine and neuroscience.
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Mapping may refer to:
  • Cartography, mapmaking
  • Surveying, accurately determining the position of points in 3-D space
  • Photogrammetry, inferring 3-D information from stereo photographs

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is the use of MRI to measure the haemodynamic response related to neural activity in the brain or spinal cord of humans or other animals. It is one of the most recently developed forms of neuroimaging.
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Electroencephalography is the neurophysiologic measurement of the electrical activity of the brain by recording from electrodes placed on the scalp or, in special cases, subdurally or in the cerebral cortex.
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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique which produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body.
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Anatomy (from the Greek ἀνατομία anatomia, from ἀνατέμνειν
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Physiology (from Greek: φυσις, physis, “nature, origin”; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms.
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In physiology, perfusion is the process of nutritive delivery of arterial blood to a capillary bed in the biological tissue.

Tests of adequate perfusion are a part of patient triage performed by medical or emergency personnel in a mass casualty incident.
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phenotype describes the total physical appearance of an organism, as opposed to its genotype. This genotype-phenotype distinction was proposed by Wilhelm Johannsen in 1911 to make clear the difference between an organism's heredity and what that heredity produces.
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disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions. In human beings, "disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes discomfort, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems
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In psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and subsequently retrieve information. Traditional studies of memory began in the realms of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing the memory.
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Learning is the acquisition and development of memories and behaviors, including skills, knowledge, understanding, values, and wisdom. It is the goal of education, and the product of experience.
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Ageing or aging is any change in an organism over time. Aging refers to a multidimensional process of physical, psychological, and social change (Hultsch and Deutsch). Some dimensions of aging grow and expand over time, while others decline.
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drug, broadly speaking, is a substance used as a medicine or narcotic.[1] There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in medicine, government regulations, and colloquial usage.[2]

In pharmacology, Dictionary.
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Schizophrenia
Classification & external resources

Eugen Bleuler (1857–1939) coined the term "Schizophrenia" in 1908
ICD-10 F 20.
ICD-9 295

OMIM 181500
DiseasesDB 11890
MedlinePlus 000928
eMedicine med/2072   emerg/520


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Autism
Classification & external resources

Obsessively stacking or lining up objects may indicate autism.
ICD-10 F 84.0
ICD-9 299.0

OMIM 209850
DiseasesDB 1142
MedlinePlus 001526
eMedicine med/3202   ped/180
MeSH D001321
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Depression
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 F 32. , F 33.
ICD-9 296

OMIM 608516
DiseasesDB 3589
MedlinePlus 003213
eMedicine med/532  

Clinical depression (also called major-depressive disorder, or
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The Center for Computational Biology (CCB) is an NIH-funded center part of the National Centers for Biomedical Computing (NCBC). The CCB was established to develop, implement and test computational biology methods for modeling, representation, analysis and visualization of
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BrainMaps is an NIH-funded interactive zoomable high-resolution digital brain atlas and virtual microscope that is based on more than 20 million megapixels (50 terabytes) of scanned images of serial sections of both primate and non-primate brains and that is integrated with a
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Neuroimaging software is used to study the structure and function of the brain.
  • 3D Slicer developed at MIT has many uses, including diffusion tensor imaging tractography.
  • Analysis of Functional NeuroImages (AFNI) http://afni.nimh.nih.

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Bruins, NCAA Division I
Affiliations AAU
Pac 10
Nobel laureates 10
Website www.ucla.edu
The University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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FreeSurfer is an MRI brain imaging software package developed by the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital with support from CorTechs Labs, Inc, La Jolla, CA .
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is an Academy Award-winning 2004 American romance film by director Michel Gondry. The film uses a science fiction element to explore the nature of memory and love.
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The Center for Computational Biology (CCB) is an NIH-funded center part of the National Centers for Biomedical Computing (NCBC). The CCB was established to develop, implement and test computational biology methods for modeling, representation, analysis and visualization of
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