Editorial: Focus feature on biomarkers in network neuroscience

Linda Douw; Mario Senden; Martijn van den Heuvel

doi:10.1162/netn_e_00249

Editorial: Focus feature on biomarkers in network neuroscience

Netw Neurosci. 2022 Jun 1;6(2):298-300. doi: 10.1162/netn_e_00249. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Authors

Linda Douw¹, Mario Senden^{2

3}, Martijn van den Heuvel^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
² Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
³ Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Child Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Abstract

There is an ongoing need for novel biomarkers in clinical neuroscience, as diagnosis of neurological and psychiatric disorders is hampered by the pronounced overlap of behavioral symptoms and other pathophysiological characteristics. The question that this Focus Feature puts center stage is whether network-based biomarkers may provide a viable tool for distinguishing between disordered populations or whether they may yield only limited differentiating power because of largely shared network characteristics across conditions.

Keywords: Clinical neuroscience; Connectome; Graph theory; Neurology; Personalized medicine; Precision medicine; Psychiatry; Response prediction; Treatment monitoring.

Publication types

Editorial