Brain-X (Sep 2023)

Target localization intervention and prognosis evaluation for an individual with mild cognitive impairment

  • Weiping Wang,
  • Haiyan Zhao,
  • Chang He,
  • Yuanbo Cui,
  • Zhen Wang,
  • Alexander Hramov,
  • Ping Luan,
  • Xiong Luo,
  • Jipeng Ouyang,
  • Kurths Jürgen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/brx2.25
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 3
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Currently, no specific treatments are available for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the preclinical stage of AD, has a high possibility of reversing symptoms through neural regulation. A state dynamics model for single brain regions was developed to simulate blood oxygen level‐dependent signals in a patient with early mild cognitive impairment. Subsequently, the analysis of functional connections was used to comprehensively consider multiple complex network centralities to locate the intervention targets, and a multiple brain region collaborative control scheme was designed. Finally, the reliability and effectiveness of the intervention were verified at the brain region and subnetwork levels. This technique provides a basis for future clinical diagnosis and treatment of AD and MCI.

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