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Blue BrainBlue Brain is a project, begun in May 2005, to create a computer simulation of the entire human brain, down to the molecular level. [1] The aim is to study the brain's structure. The project is a collaboration between IBM and Henry Markram's Brain and Mind Institute at the École Polytechnique in Lausanne, Switzerland.[1] Additional recommended knowledgeThe initial goal of the project is the simulation of a neocortical column, which can be considered the smallest functional unit of the neocortex (the part of the brain thought to be responsible for higher functions such as conscious thought). Such a column is about 2 mm tall, has a diameter of 0.5 mm and contains about 60,000 neurons in humans; the simulation will focus on rat neocortical columns, which are very similar in structure but contain only 10,000 neurons (and 108 synapses). Over the last 10 years, Markram has mapped the types of neurons and their connections in such a column. The project will use a Blue Gene supercomputer,[1] running as simulation software, the MPI-based Neocortical Simulator (NCS) developed by Phil Goodman, to be combined with Michael Hines's NEURON software. The simulation will not consist of a mere artificial neural network, but will involve much more biologically realistic models of neurons. It is estimated that construction of a simulated neocortical column will take about 2 years; the results of the simulation will be experimentally tested against biological columns. After that, the project will develop in two different directions:
On November 14, 2007, results from the Blue Brain project in simulating a "rat brain" were presented. [2] [3] Notes
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