degenerative disorders

Neuroimaging, big data and mental health: A survey of the land

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This fig­ure shows how dif­fer­ent brain net­works func­tion togeth­er; the lines mea­sur­ing the strength of com­mu­ni­ca­tion among var­i­ous net­works. By using such dis­plays, we can eval­u­ate what is called the human func­tion­al connectome—and also how men­tal ill­ness is dis­rupt­ed. [Fig­ure cour­tesy of Vince Calhoun]

Men­tal and degen­er­a­tive dis­or­ders are among the most cost­ly and com­mon caus­es of dis­abil­i­ty in soci­ety today. Because the brain is the most com­plex organ in the human body, diag­nos­ing and treat­ing prob­lems when things go wrong pos­es enor­mous chal­lenges. Even before the 1990s was des­ig­nat­ed the Decade of the Brain, the poten­tial of neuroimaging—the tech­nol­o­gy that makes it pos­si­ble to see inside the work­ing brain—was a major focus in [Read more…] about Neu­roimag­ing, big data and men­tal health: A sur­vey of the land