Large-Scale Simulation of Brain Tissue, Blue Brain Project, EPFL

Abstract

The initial version of this project described in the awarded proposal aimed at largely focusing on the evaluation of Intel KNL hardware and the development of new scientific use cases such as the neurorobotics and whole brain modeling. However, during the course of the project EPFL has been awarded a high impact INCITE project focused on the development of models to support brain plasticity which is considered as the key toward understanding memory. Considering this very prestigious opportunity a large part of our developments has been refocused on the development of methods to support the plasticity use case which is described in Annex 1 along with the awarded INCITE proposal. [Proposal not included here. -Ed.]

Predicting Synaptic Connectivity for Large-Scale Microcircuit Simulations Using Snudda

“…The template can be used to define multiple neurons, the number defined by num. The hoc parameter is optional, and intended to be used in the future when e x p o r t i n g t o S O N A T A f o r m a t f o r u s e w i t h Neurodamus (Williams et al, 2018). The neuronType can be either neuron or virtualNeuron, the latter can be used to define axons from other structures providing input to the striatum.…”

Predicting synaptic connectivity for large-scale microcircuit simulations usingSnudda

“…The template can be used to define multiple neurons, the number defined by num. The hoc parameter is optional, and intended to be used in the future when exporting to SONATA format for use with Neurodamus (Williams et al 2018). The neuronType can be either "neuron" or "virtualNeuron", the latter can be used to define axons from other structures providing input to the striatum.…”