Emerging subspecialties: neuroinformatics

Neurology. 2013 Apr 9;80(15):e166-8. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31828c2f2e.

Abstract

In the last few years, there has been an overwhelming influx of advanced genomics and brain imaging research data. The evolution of computational infrastructures needed to accompany neuroscience data growth eventually led to the birth of neuroinformatics.1 Neuroinformatics combines neuroscience and informatics research to develop innovative tools for organization of large-volume, high-dimensional neuroscience data. It also applies computational models to integrate and analyze these data to eventually understand brain structure and function.2

MeSH terms

  • Brain Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Brain Diseases* / therapy
  • Computational Biology / education
  • Computational Biology / trends*
  • Humans
  • Neurology* / education
  • Neurology* / methods
  • Neurology* / trends