α-Synuclein in synaptic function and dysfunction

M Sharma, J Burré - Trends in neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract α-Synuclein is a neuronal protein that is enriched in presynaptic terminals. Under
physiological conditions, it binds to synaptic vesicle membranes and functions in …

Towards a biologically annotated brain connectome

V Bazinet, JY Hansen, B Misic - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
The brain is a network of interleaved neural circuits. In modern connectomics, brain
connectivity is typically encoded as a network of nodes and edges, abstracting away the rich …

Molecular and network-level mechanisms explaining individual differences in autism spectrum disorder

AM Buch, PE Vértes, J Seidlitz, SH Kim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The mechanisms underlying phenotypic heterogeneity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
are not well understood. Using a large neuroimaging dataset, we identified three latent …

Characterization of regional differences in resting-state fMRI with a data-driven network model of brain dynamics

V Sip, M Hashemi, T Dickscheid, K Amunts… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Model-based data analysis of whole-brain dynamics links the observed data to model
parameters in a network of neural masses. Recently, studies focused on the role of regional …

Neuroscience needs network science

DL Barabási, G Bianconi, E Bullmore… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
The brain is a complex system comprising a myriad of interacting neurons, posing significant
challenges in understanding its structure, function, and dynamics. Network science has …

Single-cell DNA methylation and 3D genome architecture in the human brain

W Tian, J Zhou, A Bartlett, Q Zeng, H Liu, RG Castanon… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Delineating the gene-regulatory programs underlying complex cell types is fundamental for
understanding brain function in health and disease. Here, we comprehensively examined …

APOEε4 associates with microglial activation independently of Aβ plaques and tau tangles

JP Ferrari-Souza, FZ Lussier, DT Leffa, J Therriault… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Animal studies suggest that the apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE ε4) allele is a culprit of early
microglial activation in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we tested the association between …

[HTML][HTML] BrainStat: A toolbox for brain-wide statistics and multimodal feature associations

S Larivière, Ş Bayrak, RV de Wael, O Benkarim… - Neuroimage, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis and interpretation of neuroimaging datasets has become a
multidisciplinary endeavor, relying not only on statistical methods, but increasingly on …

An energy costly architecture of neuromodulators for human brain evolution and cognition

G Castrillon, S Epp, A Bose, L Fraticelli, A Hechler… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
In comparison to other species, the human brain exhibits one of the highest energy
demands relative to body metabolism. It remains unclear whether this heightened energy …

iPS-cell-derived microglia promote brain organoid maturation via cholesterol transfer

DS Park, T Kozaki, SK Tiwari, M Moreira… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia are specialized brain-resident macrophages that arise from primitive macrophages
colonizing the embryonic brain. Microglia contribute to multiple aspects of brain …