Megascience Efforts and the Brain

20 June 2014

FENS News

20 June, 2014 in FENS News

Sten Grillner has recently published a paper discussing about the recent megascale neuroscience efforts in the U.S. and Europe.
  Megascience Efforts and the Brain

Grillner S
Neuron, Volume 82, Issue 6, p1209–1211
18 June 2014 

Several recent megascale neuroscience efforts in the U.S. and Europe are concerned with developing infrastructure for tools, modeling, or neuroinformatics. It may seem surprising that they are not instead focused directly on gaining fundamental new insights into brain function. 

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