Release date: 2015-11-05

"We can't stand the fact that humans still know very little about how the brain works." More than 20 years ago, Francis Crick, a British biologist and one of the discoverers of DNA double helix, complained.

Today, the brain is still a black hole in human cognition. There are about 100 billion neurons in the human brain. How they connect and connect incorrectly leads to mental confusion or serious neurological diseases. At present, humans have not figured out the mysteries. Then, with the advent of the global ageing population, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's syndrome, Parkinson's syndrome, and Huntington's syndrome are increasingly becoming human health burdens. Humans are eager to know how the brain works.

Two years ago, European and American scientific research powers blew the horn of exploring the mysteries of the brain. On April 2, 2013, US President Barack Obama announced the launch of the BRAIN Initiative. The European Union and Japan immediately responded by launching the Human Brain Project and the Brain/Minds Project. The scientific research circle also responded strongly. Just when everyone thought that the Chinese brain plan would also be put on the agenda, the heated discussion was followed by calm.

Until recently, the "China Brain Project" finally had a timeline for launching. On October 24, 2015, at the Shenzhen International Genomics Conference, according to the report of the Institute of Neuroscience of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pu Muming, the "China Brain Project" will be announced soon.

"Chinese Brain Project": Brain Science and Brain Research

It is understood that the "Chinese Brain Project" is called "Brain Science and Brain-Like Intelligence Technology". There are two main research directions: brains that explore brain secrets and overcome brain diseases. Scientific research and brain-like research oriented to the establishment and development of artificial intelligence technologies.

The brain science project led by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China has been submitted to the competent authorities at the beginning of 2015 after several discussions and arguments by domestic experts for two years. It is expected that the Chinese brain plan will start soon. It may not be later than 2016 at the latest. According to Pu Muming, the plan will be an important project in six long-term science projects in China. It will be funded for a long time and will be funded for 15 years (2016-2030). As for the funding, it is not known.

The "China Brain Plan" mainly addresses cognitive problems at three levels of the brain: 1) the sensory perception of the brain to the external environment, that is, the perception of human beings' perception of the external environment, such as human attention, learning, memory, and decision making; 2) Cognition of human and non-human primate self-awareness, through animal models to study the formation of self-awareness, compassion and consciousness of humans and non-human primates; 3) cognition of language, inquiry grammar and extensive The sentence structure is used to study artificial intelligence technology.

The Chinese brain plan is divided into two parts: brain science and brain science.

Pu Muming said that the plan is expected to help us to have a broad understanding of the process from brain mapping to From Mapping to Understanding. We can not only distinguish the cell types in different regions of the brain, but also have a comprehensive understanding of the functional structures of different regions of the brain and the connections between brain cells. Brain cognition is reflected in the molecular and genetic factors of brain cell formation nodes, the formation of brain activity and the mechanism of behavioral production.

The brain plan has greatly improved the basic brain science and technology research platform in China. These technologies are embodied in neural markers and neural circuit tracer technology, brain imaging technology, neuromodulation technology, and neural information processing platform. In addition, the project is expected to establish a national platform for brain images, a blood biobank and brain biobank for brain dysfunction, and a brain health training and education center. For basic brain science research, the resulting long tail effect is very obvious. Pu Muming also stressed that China's implementation of brain programs has many advantages, such as the variety and quantity of Chinese primates, and is also a world leader in non-human primate brain disease models.

In addition to promoting basic brain science, the "China Brain Project" is good for our exploration of brain diseases. Once the program is implemented, we hope to play an important role in the early diagnosis and intervention of brain diseases through molecular, imaging and related markers, through genetic, epigenetic and pathological dysfunction of brain diseases. Master the mechanism of brain disease. Our daily common brain dysfunction diseases, such as autism, psychological disorders, depression, addiction, and neurodegenerative diseases Alzheimer's syndrome, Parkinson's disease are the first targets to be overcome.

Brain-like scientific research is mainly applied to the research and development of artificial intelligence technology. Through the establishment of human brain neural network models and computational methods, as well as through brain-like computation, processing, and storage device technology, we are helping to develop new generations of artificial intelligence machines and brain-like robots. Although industry celebrities including Hawking, Bill Gates and Max are worried about the development of artificial intelligence, this has not prevented artificial intelligence from developing in full swing. The "China Brain Project" clearly attaches great importance to this field. Pu Muming said that the multidisciplinary combination in this field can better understand brain science and artificial intelligence technology.

In fact, the Shanghai Brain Project has been launched before the "China Brain Project." On March 27, 2015, the “Shanghai Brain Science and Brain Intelligence Development Vision” project, which was led by the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission and participated by more than 10 units including Fudan University, was successfully launched. According to Feng Jianfeng, dean of the Institute of Brain Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology of Fudan University, at the “2015 Pujiang Innovation Forum”, the main goals of the Shanghai Brain Project in the future are as follows: analyzing complex data, simulating brain work, exploring memory, learning, Principles such as decision making, simulation of intelligent interaction, big data mining, intelligent medical diagnosis and so on. It seems that the Shanghai Brain Project is exactly the same as the upcoming development of the "China Brain Project."

Ambitious brain plans in Europe, America and Japan

Two years ago, the US government was inspired by the Human Genome Project to launch a brain plan to explore the mysteries of the human brain, which is called the “Brain Research by Innovative Neural Technology” project, which aims to develop and apply innovative technologies. This will better understand the functional characteristics of the brain and help humans overcome Alzheimer's syndrome, Parkinson's syndrome and other brain ailments. After the program received $46 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last year, the second round of the $85 million funding program was launched on October 1 this year.

The European Brain Program was launched following the United States. The program, which is linked to 26 countries and hundreds of laboratories in Europe, is expected to take 10 years and cost 1.2 billion euros. In fact, as early as 2005, the Blue Brain Project led by Swiss scientist Henry Markram was launched. However, the brain science research in continental Europe from the blue brain plan to the brain plan is not smooth, many scientists criticize the European brain plan top design flaws, because we still lack the connection data between neurons and a good hypothesis model. In addition, some scientists worry that the European Brain Program may have an adverse impact on other basic research funding. Perhaps these are also experiences worth learning from when starting a brain science project in China.

Brain science research is a large science project involving the integration of multiple disciplines and the cooperation of multiple departments. It is a great help for us to better understand how the human brain works, understand human psychology, and neurological diseases. I believe that in the near future, "Crick's torture", which is tight in the minds of many neurobiologists, will be relieved. I think that moment is also the time when humans overcome neurological diseases. Maybe we don't know how long it will take, at least humans have embarked on a long journey to explore the mysteries of the brain. (Text | Ye Shui) The Japanese government is also interested in brain science research. Following the United States and the European Union, it announced the launch of the Japanese brain plan. The program, which lasted 10 years and was led by the Japanese Institute of Physical Chemistry (RIKEN), aims to understand how the brain works and to develop brain models to study brain circuit technology to better diagnose and treat brain diseases.

Information: National Brain Project Website

American Brain Program: http://braininitiative.nih.gov/

European brain plan: https://

Japanese Brain Project: http://brainminds.jp/en/

Brain connection group: http://

Source: Sina Technology

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