micromapping

English[edit]

From micro- +‎ mapping.

micromapping (countable and uncountable, plural micromappings)

The act of creating (various types of) extremely detailed maps of a small area.
- 2017 April 10, João Medeiros, “How to ’game your brain’: the benefits of neuroplasticity”, in Wired‎^[1], San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-10:
  Merzenich was an expert in a technique called "micromapping", a precise but time-consuming way of finding which parts of the brain responded to external stimuli, using extremely small electrodes that measure the electrical activity of a single neuron. Merzenich used macaque monkeys, measuring neuronal activity as he tapped different parts of the monkey's hand, in order to see which areas of it stimulated electrical activity in the monitored part of the brain. Mapping a whole hand using this method could take between 20 and 40 hours.
- 2020 June 26, Roongnalin Bunthupanich, Rossarin Karnpean, Anuwat Pinyachat, Nawinda Jiambunsri, Nattapol Prakobkaew, Naruwat Pakdee, Supan Fucharoen, Suthat Fucharoen, “Micromapping of Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathies Among Laos, Khmer, Suay and Yer Ethnic Groups Residing in Lower Northeastern Thailand”, in Hemoglobin, volume 44, number 3, Taylor & Francis, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 165, column 2:
  This study is the first report on a micromapping survey of thalassemias and hemoglobinopathies among the Laos, Khmer, Suay and Yer ethnic groups inhabiting the lower northeastern region of Thailand.