Will Virtual Brain Replace Lab Rats?
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Waterloo researchers hope Spaun, a simulated brain, will be used to test new drugs that lead to medical breakthroughs for brain disorders.
Testing the effects of different drugs on Spaun, a simulated brain developed by Waterloo researchers, could lead to breakthrough treatments for neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
The research is being presented at the AAAS meeting in Chicago, February 14, 2014.
Research: Terrence Stewart will be presenting his research “Whole-Brain Simulation for Modeling Neural Disorders and Diseases” at the AAAS annual meeting in Chicago, February 14, 2014.
Image: Spaun is more like the human brain than other computer brain models because it makes mistakes and loses abilities in similar ways to people. This illustrative image shows a digital brain. Credit Saad Faruque.