# Patch-seq **Entity class:** Multimodal cell-characterization method **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Definition **Patch-seq** combines patch-clamp electrophysiology, cellular morphology, and single-cell transcriptomic profiling to relate a neuron's function, shape, and molecular identity. ## Relationships - Patch-seq contributes multimodal evidence to [[wiki/BICAN|BICAN]] and cell-type reference atlases. - It complements spatial methods such as [[wiki/MERFISH|MERFISH]] and structural evidence from [[wiki/Connectomics|connectomics]]. - [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] uses such methods to distinguish reference cell identity from person-specific dynamic state.