# Neural State Capture **Entity class:** Neurotechnology and continuity method **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Definition **Neural State Capture** is the acquisition of time-dependent neural variables needed to characterize a nervous system beyond static anatomy. Candidate measurements include electrical activity, calcium dynamics, neuromodulatory context, synaptic efficacy, molecular state, and behaviorally aligned timing. ## Relationships - It complements the reference anatomy supplied by [[wiki/Connectomics|connectomics]] and cell atlases such as [[wiki/BICAN|BICAN]]. - Captured state becomes input to an [[wiki/Executable Brain Model|Executable Brain Model]] and to tests of [[wiki/State Sufficiency Problem|state sufficiency]]. - [[wiki/Neural Data Provenance|Neural Data Provenance]] records how measurements were obtained, synchronized, transformed, and authorized. - [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] distinguishes dynamic-state capture from static wiring and from identity claims.