Mapping the brain and its functions : integrating enabling technologies into neuroscience research / Committee on a National Neural Circuitry Database, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Division of Biobehavioral Sciences and Mental Disorders, Institute of Medicine ; Constance M. Pechura and Joseph B. Martin, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on a National Neural Circuitry Database.

Contributor:

Pechura, Constance M.

Martin, Joseph B., 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Research--Data processing--Congresses.

Brain.

Brain mapping--Congresses.

Brain mapping.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Significant advances in brain research have been made, but investigators who face the resulting explosion of data need new methods to integrate the pieces of the "brain puzzle. Based on the expertise of some 100 neuroscientists and computer specialists, this volume examines how computer technology can meet that need. Advances in vision, substance abuse, pain, and schizophrenia are highlighted. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

""Mapping the Brain and its Functions""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Mapping the Brain and Its Functions""; ""Summary""; ""ADVANCING NEUROSCIENCE IN THE DECADE OF THE BRAIN""; ""Complexity Drives the Need for Information Management""; ""EXAMPLES OF THE VALUE OF INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS""; ""Vision: How We See Affects How We Think""; ""Substance Abuse: The Search for the Biology of Self-destruction""; ""Pain: Sometimes a Warning, Sometimes a Curse""; ""Schizophrenia: Broken Minds, Shattered Dreams""; ""THE GROWTH OF NEUROSCIENCE""

""Neuroscience Research Has Grown in Response to Critical Problems""""Neuroscience is a National Priority""; ""COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOMEDICAL AND NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH""; ""BUILDING CONSENSUS, IDENTIFYING NEEDS""; ""THE BRAIN MAPPING INITIATIVE: COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTE""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Advancing Neuroscience in the Decade of the Brain""; ""COMPLEXITY AND THE NEED FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT""; ""EXAMPLES OF THE VALUE OF INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS""; ""Vision: How We See Affects How We Think""

""Substance Abuse: The search for the Biology of Self-destruction""""Pain: Sometimes a Warning, Sometimes a Curse""; ""Schizophrenia: Broken Minds, Shattered Dreams""; ""THE GROWTH OF NEUROSCIENCE""; ""Neuroscience Research Has Grown in Response to Critical Problems""; ""Neuroscience Has Grown in Response to New Technologies and an Expanded Understanding of Biology""; ""Neuroscience Research is a National Priority""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Overview of Neuroscience Research: A Closer Look at the Neural Hierarchy""; ""Behavior and Emotion are Manifestations of Brain Activity""

""The Systems of the Brain are Connected by Elaborate Pathways and Serve Many Functions""""Neurons Come in Many Shapes and Sizes, and Contain Different Chemicals""; ""Synapses and Microcircuits Filter Vast Numbers of Messages""; ""Messages Can Change Molecular States and Genetic Expression""; ""REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""4 Computer and Information Technology in Biomedical and Neuroscience Research""; ""A Neuroscience Laboratory of the Future Will Use a Variety of Computer-based Tools""; ""CRITICAL BREAKTHROUGHS, IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES""

""Computers and Computer Graphics Help Scientists Obtain New Images""""Database Technologies Help Organize our Knowledge""; ""Electronic Networks Greatly Increase Communication""; ""Some Electronic Collaboratory Groups are Forming Now""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""NOTES""; ""5 Building Consensus, Identifying Needs""; ""BUILDING A USEFUL RESOURCE COMPLEX""; ""The Data that are Included Must be Useful to Neuroscientists""; ""Computerized Resources Must Include a Variety of Capabilities""; ""Different Types of Databases are Required""; ""THE CHALLENGES AHEAD""

""Technological Needs Require Planning and Attention to the Most Likely Advances""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610203611

9781280203619

1280203617

9780309597661

0309597668

9780585027920

0585027927

OCLC:

923264572