This theoretical consistency is important, as it allows researchers to better focus future
studies of brain connectivity in schizophrenia, by targeting the brain regions known to be affected.
Our work provides new insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the establishment and
maintenance of brain connectivity and has significant implications for our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying socially - devastating neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.
Here, I shall describe recent developments in complex network theory and its application to the study of topological
aspects of brain connectivity, including the relation between structural and functional connectivity in models of brain disease.
«The methods used in this study seem very indirect — the authors are simply going from images of brain lesions published in other studies, and then relating the reported location of these legions to
patterns of brain connectivity in healthy, non-brain-damaged people.
Pavel Osten Gene expression - based mapping of brain activity; anatomical
mapping of brain connectivity; neurobiology of autism and schizophrenia.
The study essentially correlates specific patterns
of brain connectivity — the degree to which different parts of the human brain talk to each other — with a suite of what are generally considered positive traits, such as education, income, and self - control.