Working Of Natural Brain

Published Date: 02 Nov 2017

Abstract

List of Figures

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTIO

1.1

Blue Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.2

What is Virtual Brain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.3

Why we need Virtual Brain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.4

How it is possible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. WORKING OF NATURAL BRAIN

2.1

Getting to know more about Human Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.1.1 Sensory Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.1.2 Integration

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2.1.3 Motor Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.2

How we see, hear, feel, & smell? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.2.1

Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.2.2

Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.2.3

Tongue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.2.4

Ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.BRAIN SIMULATION

4. HOW THE BLUE BRAIN PROJECT WILL WORK?

4.1

Goals & Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.2

Architecture of Blue Gene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.3

Modeling the Microcircuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.4

Simulating the Microcircuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.5

Interpreting the Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.6

Data Manipulation Cascade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.7

Whole Brain Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. APPLICATIONS OF BLUE BRAIN PROJECT

5.1

What can we learn from Blue Brain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.1

Defining functions of the basic elements . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.2 Understanding complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.3

Exploring the role of dendrites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.4

Revealing functional diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.5

Tracking the emergence of intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.6

Identifying points of vulnerability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.7

Simulating disease and developing treatments . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.8

Providing a circuit design platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2

Applications of Blue Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.1

Gathering and Testing 100 Years of Data . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.2

Cracking the Neural Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.3

Understanding Neocortical Information Processing . . . . . . .

5.2.4

A Novel Tool for Drug Discovery for Brain Disorders . . . . .

5.2.5

A 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

6.1

Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.2

Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.

FUTURE PERSPECTIVE

8.

CONCLUSION