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ReviewBiological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society2026

A complex network perspective on brain disease.

David Papo, Javier M Buldú

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Review in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 authors.

David PapoDepartment of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Section of Physiology, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara, 19, Ferrara, 44121, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1889-2791
Javier M BuldúComplex Systems Group & G.I.S.C., Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipan s/n. 28933, Mostoles, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9345-599X

Funding

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2020-113737GB-I00Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2023-147827NB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

If brain anatomy and dynamics have a complex network structure as it has become standard to posit, it is reasonable to assume that such a structure should play a key role not only in brain function but also in brain dysfunction. However, exactly how network structure is implicated in brain damage and whether at least some pathologies can be thought of as 'network diseases' is not yet clear. Here we discuss ways in which a complex network representation can help in characterising brain pathology, but also in assessing subjects' vulnerability to and likelihood of recovery from disease. We show how the way disease is defined is related to the way function is defined and this, in turn, determines which network property may be functionally relevant to brain disease. Thus, addressing brain disease 'networkness' may shed light not only on brain pathology, with potential clinical implications, but also on functional brain activity, and what is functional in it.

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BrainBrain DiseasesNerve NetAnimalsHumansbrain topologycomplex networksdegeneracydynamical diseaseevolvabilityneutral networkspathoconnectomicsresilience and vulnerability

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PMID41090258
PMCPMC12783465

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