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Brain mapping
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<p>Brain mapping is a set of <a href="/facts/Neuroscience/o5RV8Cas">neuroscience</a> techniques predicated on the mapping of (biological) quantities or properties onto spatial representations of the (human or non-human) <a href="/facts/Brain/EKla9NkJ">brain</a> resulting in <a href="/facts/Map/KxQX4B2U">maps</a>. </p><p>According to the definition established in 2013 by <a href="/facts/Society_for_Brain_Mapping_and_Therapeutics/S6mtHS8P">Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics</a> (SBMT), brain mapping is specifically defined, in summary, as the study of the <a href="/facts/Anatomy/p8TCWJuV">anatomy</a> and function of the brain and <a href="/facts/Spinal_cord/XbWLr917">spinal cord</a> through the use of <a href="/facts/Neuroimaging/dA5Cteaf">imaging</a>, <a href="/facts/Immunohistochemistry/knPpmAFf">immunohistochemistry</a>, <a href="/facts/Molecular_genetics/Q8wsm0FE">molecular</a> & <a href="/facts/Optogenetics/RbYYcrr2">optogenetics</a>, <a href="/facts/Stem_cell/qgB9dFrI">stem cell</a> and <a href="/facts/Cellular_biology/kdIBGHub">cellular biology</a>, <a href="/facts/Engineering/RFVg8H3I">engineering</a>, <a href="/facts/Neurophysiology/XLkEyW8c">neurophysiology</a> and <a href="/facts/Nanotechnology/Co4FFNfY">nanotechnology</a>. </p><p>In 2024, a team of 287 researchers completed a full brain mapping of an adult animal (a <i><a href="/facts/Drosophila_melanogaster/KtnHVCcB">Drosophila melanogaster</a></i>, or fruit fly) and published their results in <a href="/facts/Nature_(journal)/XmlJXkFx"><i>Nature</i></a>. </p>