title: Large-scale modeling - a tool for conquering the complexity of the brain.
abstract: Is there any hope of achieving a thorough understanding of higher functions such as perception, memory, thought and emotion or is the stunning complexity of the brain a barrier which will limit such efforts for the foreseeable future? In this perspective we discuss methods to handle complexity, approaches to model building, and point to detailed large-scale models as a new contribution to the toolbox of the computational neuroscientist. We elucidate some aspects which distinguishes large-scale models and some of the technological challenges which they entail.
authors.affiliation: KTH Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djurfeldt
authors.forename: Orjan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ekeberg
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lansner