Open AccessTHE SYSTEMIC PSYCHO-NEUROLOGY: MAIN FACTORS EFFECTING CONNECTOME
Author(s) -
И В Дамулин
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
rossijskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-9100
pISSN - 0869-2106
DOI - 10.18821/0869-2106-2017-23-5-263-269
Subject(s) - connectome , neuroscience , neurology , psychology , functional magnetic resonance imaging , human connectome project , computer science , cognitive science , functional connectivity
The review considers actual aspects of structural and functional functioning of central nervous system. The significance of concept of connectome is emphasized. The constructing of connectome is based on the results of functional magnetic resonance imaging and consists in selecting of particular cerebral regions (areas), evaluating relationships between these regions and minute analysis of network of these relationships. At that, nowadays in neurosciences even more significance is attached not to functional segregation (specialization of one or another areas of brain) but functional integration, including synaptic level. The global principle of functioning of the brain is emphasized - goal achievement (information transfer) with minimal energy spending. The factors impacting on functioning of connectome are considered. The alteration of this structure during aging is analyzed. The data concerning individual and gender differences in organization of connectome are presented. The conclusion is made that obtained actual data permits to establish such a separate direction of neurosciences as systemic psycho-neurology combining clinical disciplines, methods of neurovisualization and mathematical methods. Exactly such a comprehensive approach opens new possibilities in studying functioning of so complicated organized system as brain is.