The central role of neuroinformatics in the national academy of engineering's grandest challenge: Reverse engineer the brain

Neuroinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Roysam, Badrinath ^a   Shain, William ^b   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ASTROCYTE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BLINDNESS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LINEAGE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FORECASTING; FUNDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GOVERNMENT; GRAY MATTER; HEALTH; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MENINX; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NATURAL DISASTER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPIL; NEUROSCIENCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SCIENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SPEECH DISORDER; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNIVERSITY; VIDEORECORDING; BRAIN; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149327472     PISSN: 15392791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-008-9043-9     Document Type: Editorial

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