brain mapping

Brain mapping is a set of neuroscience techniques predicated on the mapping of (biological) quantities or properties onto spatial representations of the (human or non-human) brain resulting in maps. Brain Mapping is further defined as the study of the anatomy and function of the brain and spinal cord through the use of imaging (including intra-operative, Microscopic, Endoscopic and Multi-Modality imaging), Immunohistochemistry, Molecular & optogenetics, Stem cell and Cellular Biology, Engineering (material, electrical and biomedical), Neurophysiology and Nanotechnology.

All neuroimaging can be considered part of brain mapping. Brain mapping can be conceived as a higher form of neuroimaging, producing brain images supplemented by the result of additional (imaging or non-imaging) data processing or analysis, such as maps projecting (measures of) behavior onto brain regions (see fMRI). One such map, called a Connectogram, depicts cortical regions around a circle, organized by lobes. Concentric circles within the ring represent various common neurological measurements, such as cortical thickness or curvature. In the center of the circles, lines representing white matter fibers illustrate the connections between cortical regions, weighted by fractional anisotropy and strength of connection.

위키피디아에서 옮겨온 것으로 개인적으로 이해하기에는 결국 뇌에서의 각각의 고유한 기능과 그 기능에 해당되는 뇌의 특정 부위들을 매칭을 시켜주는 연구 분야라고 생각함

제일 일반적인 것이 뇌의 영상들에서 특정 task를 주고 그에 따른 혈류의 변화를 보는 fMRI 라고 할 수 있음.

국내에서 이와 관련된 제일 대표적인 학회로는 대한뇌기능매핑학회(http://www.khbm.org/main.htm)가 있음

이와 관련되어서 가장 활발한 연구가 neuroimaging이고 이 내부에서도 다음과 같이 나누어 볼 수가 있음