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ArticleFrontiers in computational neuroscience2016

On the Complexity of Brain Disorders: A Symptom-Based Approach.

Ahmed A Moustafa, Joseph Phillips, Szabolcs Kéri, Blazej Misiak, Dorota Frydecka

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Article in Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ahmed A MoustafaSchool of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney UniversitySydney, NSW, Australia; Marcs Institute for Brain and Behavior, Western Sydney UniversitySydney, NSW, Australia.
Joseph PhillipsSchool of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Szabolcs KériNyírö Gyula Hospital, National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions Budapest, Hungary.
Blazej MisiakDepartment and Clinic of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical UniversityWroclaw, Poland; Department of Genetics, Wroclaw Medical UniversityWroclaw, Poland.
Dorota FrydeckaDepartment and Clinic of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University Wroclaw, Poland.
Western Sydney University · AUWroclaw Medical University · PLNational Institute of Menthal Health, Neurology and Neurosurgery - Nyírő Gyula Hospital · HU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mounting evidence shows that brain disorders involve multiple and different neural dysfunctions, including regional brain damage, change to cell structure, chemical imbalance, and/or connectivity loss among different brain regions. Understanding the complexity of brain disorders can help us map these neural dysfunctions to different symptom clusters as well as understand subcategories of different brain disorders. Here, we discuss data on the mapping of symptom clusters to different neural dysfunctions using examples from brain disorders such as major depressive disorder (MDD), Parkinson's disease (PD), schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In addition, we discuss data on the similarities of symptoms in different disorders. Importantly, computational modeling work may be able to shed light on plausible links between various symptoms and neural damage in brain disorders.

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brain disordersfunctional connectivitymajor depressive disorderneurotransmittersParkinson’s diseaseposttraumatic stress disorderregional brain volumeschizophrenia

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PMID26941635
PMCPMC4763073
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