Synopsis

Keywords: Neuro: Brain connectivity

I will start by sharing my dream of a clinical application of network-based analyses: a short MRI scan for adolescents in primary care that would enable 1) brain network-based diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, 2) brain network-based treatment of psychiatric disorders, and 3) brain network-based prevention of psychiatric disorders. I will then talk about the challenges of the two main steps in constructing a brain network: i) choosing connectivity measures that will serve as the network "edges" and ii) dividing the brain into regions that will serve as the network "nodes." Various local and global network properties will also be discussed.