Designing tools for assumption-proof brain mapping

Adam H Marblestone; Edward S Boyden

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.09.004

Designing tools for assumption-proof brain mapping

Neuron. 2014 Sep 17;83(6):1239-41. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.09.004.

Authors

Adam H Marblestone¹, Edward S Boyden²

Affiliations

¹ Synthetic Neurobiology Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
² Synthetic Neurobiology Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: esb@media.mit.edu.

Abstract

Can we develop technologies to systematically map classical mechanisms throughout the brain, while retaining the flexibility to investigate new mechanisms as they are discovered? We discuss principles of scalable, flexible technologies that could yield comprehensive maps of brain function.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / physiology*
Brain Mapping / methods*
Humans

Grants and funding

DP1 NS087724/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States