The use and abuse of large-scale brain models

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Eliasmith, Chris ^a   Trujillo, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC MODEL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 84885448511     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.09.009     Document Type: Review

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