- Published: November 17, 2021
- Updated: November 17, 2021
- University / College: Curtin University
- Language: English
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Abstract
List of Figures
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTIO1. 1Blue Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 2What is Virtual Brain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 3Why we need Virtual Brain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 4How it is possible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. WORKING OF NATURAL BRAIN
2. 1Getting to know more about Human Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 1. 1 Sensory Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 1. 2 Integration
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2. 1. 3 Motor Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 2How we see, hear, feel, & smell? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 2. 1Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 2. 2Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 2. 3Tongue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 2. 4Ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. BRAIN SIMULATION
4. HOW THE BLUE BRAIN PROJECT WILL WORK?
4. 1Goals & Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 2Architecture of Blue Gene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 3Modeling the Microcircuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 4Simulating the Microcircuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 5Interpreting the Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 6Data Manipulation Cascade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 7Whole Brain Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. APPLICATIONS OF BLUE BRAIN PROJECT
5. 1What can we learn from Blue Brain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 1. 1Defining functions of the basic elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 1. 2 Understanding complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 1. 3Exploring the role of dendrites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 1. 4Revealing functional diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 1. 5Tracking the emergence of intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 1. 6Identifying points of vulnerability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 1. 7Simulating disease and developing treatments . . . . . . . . . . 5. 1. 8Providing a circuit design platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 2Applications of Blue Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 2. 1Gathering and Testing 100 Years of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 2. 2Cracking the Neural Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 2. 3Understanding Neocortical Information Processing . . . . . . . 5. 2. 4A Novel Tool for Drug Discovery for Brain Disorders . . . . . 5. 2. 5A Global Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 2. 6 A Foundation for Whole Brain Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 2. 7 A Foundation for Molecular Modeling of Brain Function . . . .
6. ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS
6. 1Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 2Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
