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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2024

The digital twin in neuroscience: from theory to tailored therapy.

Lucius Samo Fekonja, Robert Schenk, Emily Schröder, Rosario Tomasello, Samo Tomšič, Thomas Picht

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Linearizing and Forecasting: A Reservoir Computing Route to Digital Twins of the Brain.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  10. Digital Twin Model of Treatment Outcomes in Post-Stroke Aphasia.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  14. Hereditary spastic paraplegia: from decades of therapy to future innovations.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2026
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  15. Designing Neural Dynamics: From Digital Twin Modeling to Regeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. A comprehensive guide to digital neurology. An update on current development on digital neurology derived from the Digital Neuro Hub project.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  17. Mining the gaps: Deciphering Alzheimer's biology through AI-driven reconciliation.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Lucius Samo FekonjaCluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Image Space Material, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Robert SchenkDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Emily SchröderDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Rosario TomaselloCluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Image Space Material, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Samo TomšičCluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Image Space Material, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Thomas PichtCluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Image Space Material, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital twins enable simulation, comprehensive analysis and predictions, as virtual representations of physical systems. They are also finding increasing interest and application in the healthcare sector, with a particular focus on digital twins of the brain. We discuss how digital twins in neuroscience enable the modeling of brain functions and pathology as they offer an in-silico approach to studying the brain and illustrating the complex relationships between brain network dynamics and related functions. To showcase the capabilities of digital twinning in neuroscience we demonstrate how the impact of brain tumors on the brain's physical structures and functioning can be modeled in relation to the philosophical concept of plasticity. Against this technically derived backdrop, which assumes that the brain's nonlinear behavior toward improvement and repair can be modeled and predicted based on MRI data, we further explore the philosophical insights of Catherine Malabou. Malabou emphasizes the brain's dual capacity for adaptive and destructive plasticity. We will discuss in how far Malabou's ideas provide a more holistic theoretical framework for understanding how digital twins can model the brain's response to injury and pathology, embracing Malabou's concept of both adaptive and destructive plasticity which provides a framework to address such yet incomputable aspects of neuroscience and the sometimes seemingly unfavorable dynamics of neuroplasticity helping to bridge the gap between theoretical research and clinical practice.

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digital twinnetwork neurosciencephilosophyplasticitysimulationtheorytranslational medicinetumor

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PMID39376542
PMCPMC11457707

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