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ReviewFrontiers in neuroinformatics2021

Bridging Scales in Alzheimer's Disease: Biological Framework for Brain Simulation With The Virtual Brain.

Leon Stefanovski, Jil Mona Meier, Roopa Kalsank Pai, Paul Triebkorn, Tristram Lett, Leon Martin, Konstantin Bülau, Martin Hofmann-Apitius, Ana Solodkin, Anthony Randal McIntosh and 1 more

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Review in Frontiers in neuroinformatics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Leon StefanovskiBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Jil Mona MeierBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Roopa Kalsank PaiBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Paul TriebkornBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Tristram LettBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Leon MartinBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Konstantin BülauBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Martin Hofmann-ApitiusFraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI, Sankt Augustin, Germany.
Ana SolodkinBehavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States.
Anthony Randal McIntoshBaycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Petra RitterBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Freie Universität Berlin · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEBaycrest Hospital · CABerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEEinstein Center Digital Future · DEFraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing · DEThe University of Texas at Dallas · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the acceleration of knowledge and data accumulation in neuroscience over the last years, the highly prevalent neurodegenerative disease of AD remains a growing problem. Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and represents the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease. For AD, disease-modifying treatments are presently lacking, and the understanding of disease mechanisms continues to be incomplete. In the present review, we discuss candidate contributing factors leading to AD, and evaluate novel computational brain simulation methods to further disentangle their potential roles. We first present an overview of existing computational models for AD that aim to provide a mechanistic understanding of the disease. Next, we outline the potential to link molecular aspects of neurodegeneration in AD with large-scale brain network modeling using The Virtual Brain (www.thevirtualbrain.org), an open-source, multiscale, whole-brain simulation neuroinformatics platform. Finally, we discuss how this methodological approach may contribute to the understanding, improved diagnostics, and treatment optimization of AD.

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Alzheimer's diseasebrain simulationconnectomicsmulti-scale brain modelingThe Virtual Brain

Identifiers

PMID33867964
PMCPMC8047422
OpenAlexW3143598264

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