# NDAI-NeuroMAP: A Neuroscience-Specific Embedding Model for Domain-Specific Retrieval

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03329 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.03329/

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## Abstract (arXiv)

We present NDAI-NeuroMAP, the first neuroscience-domain-specific dense vector embedding model engineered for high-precision information retrieval tasks. Our methodology encompasses the curation of an extensive domain-specific training corpus comprising 500,000 carefully constructed triplets (query-positive-negative configurations), augmented with 250,000 neuroscience-specific definitional entries and 250,000 structured knowledge-graph triplets derived from authoritative neurological ontologies. We employ a sophisticated fine-tuning approach utilizing the FremyCompany/BioLORD-2023 foundation model, implementing a multi-objective optimization framework combining contrastive learning with triplet-based metric learning paradigms. Comprehensive evaluation on a held-out test dataset comprising approximately 24,000 neuroscience-specific queries demonstrates substantial performance improvements over state-of-the-art general-purpose and biomedical embedding models. These empirical findings underscore the critical importance of domain-specific embedding architectures for neuroscience-oriented RAG systems and related clinical natural language processing applications.