connectome

English

Etymology

From connect +‎ -ome.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈnɛktəʊm/

Noun

connectome (plural connectomes)

1. (biology, neuroscience) The complete mapping of the structural links in an organism's neural circuitry.
   • 2012, Adam Zeman, ‘Only Connect’, Literary Review, number 399:

     The tools Seung and his colleagues have developed to map the connectome are beginning to offer important insights into these previously baffling conditions.

   • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, page 171:

     Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.

Related terms

• connectometry
• connectotype

Translations

complete description of nervous system connectivity

• Finnish: konnektomi
• French: connectome (fr) m
• Polish: konektom m
• Russian: коннекто́м (ru) m (konnektóm)
• Spanish: conectoma (es) m