IDENTITY:
Divide and conquer: start simulating higher function neurons, while preserving their connections to lower function neurons. Use nanotech for this. Keep working backwards: using a "simulate functionality" using computer readable/controllable devices.
Don't wait for a corpse: use living brains, in normal people. Keep
going back until you've got the whole thing almost completely
"uploaded". Where does it end? See:
http://141.140.8.150/diaries/diariess96/Karin/Diary11.html