The Meres and the Omics

A handy reference for words like neuromeres and connectomics.

Neuroscience has defined a number of -meres and -omics. Here is a quick reference.

Meres

Neuromere

Neuromere is the most generalized -mere.. Any of the other meres can be validly called a neuromere.

Prosomere

Prosomeres collectively reference the forebrain (hp2, hp1) and diencephalon (p3, p2, 1) neuromeres.

Mesomere

Mesomeres collectively reference the midbrain (m1, m2) neuromeres.

Rhombomere

Rhombomeres collectively reference the hindbrain (r0-r11) neuromeres.

Omics

In general, -omics refers to the cataloging of the total inventory of parts and how they are related. The size and complexity of the data management calls for database and bioanalysis technology.

Neuromythography may be regarded as an attempt to compress neuroanatomy, connectomics, and a subset of biochemistry to make sense of them.

Multi-omics

Refers to integrating multiple -omics databases together.

Connectomics

Connectomics is the study of connections between brain areas.

Neuroanatomy

The inventory, relative topological positioning, and characterization of brain parts. The -omy suffix was more popular for these sorts of things before -omics took hold.

Genomics

Genomics is the study of the genome.

Epigenomics

Epigenomics is the study of dynamic modifications to the genome. When it was discovered that the genome is not a fixed 'computer program' it was necessary to create this field.

Proteomics

The study of proteins produced within the cell.

Transcriptomics

The study of all the RNA molecules that are produced within and travel around a cell, usually instructing proteins to be constructed.

Metabolomics

Metabolomics, referencing metabolism, is the study of all the other molecules produced in the body via various pathways, usually excepting proteins (which have their own proteomics).

Spatial Omics

In neuroscience, the study of the expression of molecular markers in different brain regions. We use this quite a bit in neuromythography, and it is the fundamental structure studied in developmental neuroanatomy.

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Steven Florek

Steven Florek

Steven Florek is the creator of neuromythography and founder of Neuromemex.

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