http://mindhacks.com/2007/04/30/mouse-sized-neural-network-created/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Sun, 19 May 2013 05:26:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2007/04/30/mouse-sized-neural-network-created/#comment-7424 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:13:34 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/mouse-sized-neural-network-created/#comment-7424 Hi Dave,
I noticed the same thing in the BBC article but I’m not sure where they got it from.
The IBM technical report notes that there are 8 x 10^6 neurons in the mouse cortex and the simulation used exactly this amount.
Perhaps they’re not counting subcortical neurons? It’s a bit hard to say how precise they’re being, particularly as I’m not sure how many subscortical neurons mice have.
Anyway, I’ve altered the post to refer to the cortex specifically, which should make it a little more accurate.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2007/04/30/mouse-sized-neural-network-created/#comment-7423 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:25:40 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/mouse-sized-neural-network-created/#comment-7423 The article actually states that *half* of a mouse-brain contains 8,000,000 neurons.
The article did, at least, correct itself (it originally said they had simulated 8000 neurons).

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