Social Media Ideas for Brain Network Disorders

Causal Network Mapping Isolates Core Brain Circuits of OCD

By tracing 40 cases of lesional OCD against the human connectome, the team isolated four core hubs, the orbitofrontal cortex and basal ganglia bilaterally, providing a highly accur...

Bipolar Disorder Linked to Less Efficient Brain Wiring Networks

A new study has mapped widespread differences in the white matter communication networks of individuals with bipolar disorder.

Brain Scans Reveal a Network Origin Point for Schizophrenia

The research reveals widespread synaptic loss across frontal, temporal, and emotional hubs, heavily favoring the brain's left hemisphere, independent of macro-structural MRI volume...

Human Brain Network Predicts Diffuse Midline Glioma

In a groundbreaking advance that could reshape our understanding of diffuse midline glioma (DMG), researchers have unveiled the intricate synaptic gene enrichments that distinguish...

Astrocyte Subtype Shifts Destabilize Emotional Brain Networks

A new study details how astrocyte subtype dynamics serve as primary drivers of depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.

Long-Term Depression Reverses Brain Network Connectivity

How does the duration of major depressive disorder permanently reshape human brain wiring? A new neuroimaging study demonstrates that the length of time a person remains depressed...

Clinician–scientists identify brain network linked to deadliest childhood brain cancer

A human brain network associated with survival in children with diffuse midline glioma (DMG), the deadliest childhood brain cancer, has been identified by UCL clinician-scientists,...

Cerebellar Matrix Failures Lock Down the Brain’s Social Networks

Structural alterations within the cerebellar extracellular matrix serve as primary drivers of autism-related circuit dysfunction.

Charting 54,583 Connectomes to Detect Brain Disease

The global framework validates the "last in, first out" theory of brain aging while revealing that individuals sharing the same clinical diagnosis exhibit completely unique microst...

Iron Build-Up Alters Brain Networks in Early Parkinson’s

In a groundbreaking study poised to reshape our understanding of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), researchers have unveiled compelling evidence linking iron accumulation in the brain’s su...

fMRI reveals target-specific brain networks during active GPi deep brain stimulation

A new study reports that functional MRI can reveal how deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the globus pallidus internus (GPi) engages distinct, target-dependent brain circuits. The wor...

How Social Context Influences Brain Disorders

An important new book provides vital and exciting perspective on the interface between brain and culture.

Study Maps Brain Stem Networks to Help Patients Regulate PTSD

A new study combines rodent circuitry mapping with ultra-high-field 7T human fMRI to investigate periaqueductal gray (PAG) regulation.

Modeling Resting-Brain Connectivity with Hypergraph Neural Network

In the rapidly evolving landscape of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, the quest to unravel the mysteries of the human brain’s resting-state connectivity has taken a signif...

TBI and Common Neurological Conditions Accelerate One Another

A new study demonstrates a dangerous bi-directional risk loop between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and neurological diseases.

Network Mapping Uncovers 641 Hidden Schizophrenia Risk Genes

Researchers utilized long-range co-expression networking to identify 641 novel schizophrenia risk genes. By mapping how distant genetic variants coordinate across six brain regions...

Rethinking Movement Disorders: Scientists Uncover a Surprising Disconnect Deep Inside the Brain

Scientists discovered that a key brain signal may have been pointing researchers in the wrong direction, potentially changing how movement disorders are studied and treated. A new...

New Brain “Bypass” Technology Could Transform Treatment for Neurological Disorders

A new technology called LinCx allows scientists to create custom electrical connections between neurons with high precision. Researchers say it may help treat disorders caused by d...

Study Shatters Assumptions About Brain Connectome Dynamics

A new study utilizes concurrent EEG-fMRI tracking to prove that the human connectome coordinates multiple separate, asynchronous streams of information processing in parallel.

Mind as a Network: New Theory Says Autistic People May Read It Best

Poor Sleep Alters Brain Network Communication Differently as We Age

A new study reveals that poor sleep alters brain network connectivity differently across the adult lifespan.

DBS Remodels White Matter Paths to Reverse Depression

A new study provides the first direct evidence that deep brain stimulation (DBS) remodels white matter pathways and alters communication across large-scale neural networks.

The human claustrum supports cognitive networks for externally and internally driven task demands

by Brent W. Stewart, Matthew A. Cormie, Michael L. Keaser, Massieh Moayedi, Brian N. Mathur, David A. Seminowicz Cognitive control is believed to arise from task-dependent interac...

A prototype-augmented graph representation learning framework for identifying brain disorder-associated genes and facili...

by Jiafang Li, Yifei Li, Siying Lin, Jiahua Rao, Huiying Zhao Many genetic loci were identified as associated with neuropsychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative disorders by Ge...