Rooty@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoComplete wiring map of an adult fruit fly brainwww.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1346
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minus-squarelando55@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoThe way I understand it: Connectome: Displays the synapses between individual neurons Projectome: The links between regions of the brain via neurons that synapse across regions (basically a subset of the connectome) So if the connectome is a map of every road, highway, dirt path in the USA, the projectome is a map of the interstates between major cities. Please someone tell me if this is way off base.
The way I understand it:
Connectome: Displays the synapses between individual neurons
Projectome: The links between regions of the brain via neurons that synapse across regions (basically a subset of the connectome)
So if the connectome is a map of every road, highway, dirt path in the USA, the projectome is a map of the interstates between major cities.
Please someone tell me if this is way off base.