We now have tools to measure human brain connectivity in vivo. Connectomics is the
field of research based on the study and analysis of these connectivity measurements.
These developments have inspired efforts to bring connectomics to clinical practice
in psychiatry, often in the form of diagnostic tests, prognostic indicators, therapeutic
predictors, or markers of treatment response. If successful, these efforts would provide
psychiatry with the types of measurements and tools that have been valuable in other
areas of medicine. Just like emergency physicians might use computed tomography scans
to distinguish pulmonary embolism from pericarditis, psychiatrists might use functional
connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to distinguish schizophrenia from bipolar
disorder. Just as oncologists monitor tumor markers to dynamically optimize chemotherapy,
psychiatrists might monitor connectivity changes to rapidly optimize an antidepressant
regimen.
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Publication History
Published online: May 26, 2022
Accepted:
May 20,
2022
Received in revised form:
May 19,
2022
Received:
May 2,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofIdentification
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