Integration of Multidisciplinary Sensory Data
A Pilot Model of the Human Brain Project Approach
- Correspondence and reprint requests: Perry L. Miller, MD, PhD, Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O Box 208009, New Haven, CT 06520-8009; <email: perry.miller{at}yale.edu>
- Received 19 June 2000
- Accepted 8 September 2000
Abstract
The paper provides an overview of neuroinformatics research at Yale University being performed as part of the national Human Brain Project. This research is exploring the integration of multidisciplinary sensory data, using the olfactory system as a model domain. The neuroinformatics activities fall into three main areas: 1) building databases and related tools that support experimental olfactory research at Yale and can also serve as resources for the field as a whole, 2) using computer models (molecular models and neuronal models) to help understand data being collected experimentally and to help guide further laboratory experiments, 3) performing basic neuroinformatics research to develop new informatics technologies, including a flexible data model (EAV/CR, entity-attribute-value with classes and relationships) designed to facilitate the integration of diverse heterogeneous data within a single unifying framework.
Footnotes
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This work was supported in part by grant R01 DC03972 from the National Institutes of Health and grant G08 LM05583 from the National Library of Medicine.
