News-Medical.Net November 3, 2024
By integrating diverse data sources, researchers unveil how cellular mechanisms influence individual brain connectivity patterns, bridging molecular detail with large-scale brain function.
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, researchers explore associations between biochemical alternations and functional connectivity across brain regions.
Novel approaches to neuroscience research
One of the primary goals of neuroscience is to elucidate the role of microscale components, including protein molecules and cellular structures, in communication between discrete brain regions. To date, the molecular mechanisms involved in the functional connectivity within the brain remain unclear despite molecular and neuroimaging research independently revealing cognition and brain function correlates.
To date, antemortem neuroimaging data and postmortem molecular omics data were collected separately and, rarely, from the...