Databasing the brain (original) (raw)

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Progress in neuroscience might be faster if researchers shared their results in a network of databases. But the technical challenges are huge, and reaching a consensus on what to archive won't be easy, says Marina Chicurel.

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  1. *In the United States, the term neuroinformatics generally refers to the application of databases and related tools to neuroscience. In Europe, it is sometimes used to describe the discipline of computational neuroscience, which models the behaviour of neurons and neural networks.

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  1. Marina Chicurel is a freelance writer in Santa Cruz.

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