<p><a href="https://www.vumc.nl/afdelingen-themas/33760/101392/1207788/stam-brain2009.pdf" rel="nofollow">Stam et al.</a> have carried out a functional connectivity study in patients with Alzheimer's Disease. I don't know if that answers your question at all. Connectomics is just starting to kick off. It's far from certain that they it will end up being a key player in functional neuropathology in the coming decades, but it's one out of many promising new avenues of research.</p>

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Fascinating find! Welcome to cogsci.SE!
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<p>In a recent paper, we find this quote:</p>

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  <p>The brain contains vast numbers of interconnected neurons that constitute anatomical and functional networks. <strong>Structural descriptions of neuronal network elements and connections</strong> make up the “connectome” of the brain (Hagmann, 2005; <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010042">Sporns et al., 2005</a>; <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05888.x">Sporns, 2011</a>), and <strong>are important for understanding normal brain function and disease-related dysfunction</strong>.</p>
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<p>This quote is from the first paragraph in: T. B. Leergaard, C. C. Hilgetag and O. Sporns, <em><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2012.00014">Mapping the connectome: multi-level analysis of brain connectivity</a></em>, Front. Neuroinform., 2012.</p>

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  <p><strong>Question</strong>: Understanding which dysfunctions, in particular, is aided by structural descriptions of neuronal networks?</p>
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Structural descriptions of neuronal networks are important for understanding brain dysfunctions; which dysfunctions, in particular?
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# Structural descriptions of neuronal networks are important for understanding brain dysfunctions; which dysfunctions, in particular?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-01-03)

In a recent paper, we find this quote:

> The brain contains vast numbers of interconnected neurons that constitute anatomical and functional networks. **Structural descriptions of neuronal network elements and connections** make up the “connectome” of the brain (Hagmann, 2005; [Sporns et al., 2005](http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010042); [Sporns, 2011](http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05888.x)), and **are important for understanding normal brain function and disease-related dysfunction**.

This quote is from the first paragraph in: T. B. Leergaard, C. C. Hilgetag and O. Sporns, *[Mapping the connectome: multi-level analysis of brain connectivity](http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2012.00014)*, Front. Neuroinform., 2012.

> **Question**: Understanding which dysfunctions, in particular, is aided by structural descriptions of neuronal networks?

**Tags:** neuroscience, neural-network, neurology


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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-21. Score: 2

[Stam et al.](https://www.vumc.nl/afdelingen-themas/33760/101392/1207788/stam-brain2009.pdf) have carried out a functional connectivity study in patients with Alzheimer's Disease. I don't know if that answers your question at all. Connectomics is just starting to kick off. It's far from certain that they it will end up being a key player in functional neuropathology in the coming decades, but it's one out of many promising new avenues of research.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Fascinating find! Welcome to cogsci.SE!  

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