New publication by Sala et al.: Brain connectomics: time for a molecular imaging perspective?

Members of our group have published a new article in Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Sala et al. share their thoughts on Brain connectomics: time for a molecular imaging perspective?

Highlights

• The number of molecular imaging studies in the field of brain connectivity is steadily increasing.
• Molecular imaging is not yet widely used by the MRI-predominant neuroimaging community as tool of choice for studying brain connectomics.
• Because chemical synapses are essential to signal transduction, targeting the molecular level of brain communication is indispensable for our understanding of the brain connectome.
• PET as major molecular imaging tool provides various established markers of neural activity, neurotransmitter systems, and proteinopathies.
• Integration of connectomes produced with different neurophysiological methods, including molecular imaging, might be key for advancing the field of neuroscience.

Sala A, Lizarraga A, Caminiti SP, Calhoun VD, Eickhoff SB, Habeck C, Jamadar SD, Perani D, Pereira JB, Veronese M, Yakushev I. Brain connectomics: time for a molecular imaging perspective? Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Jan 6:S1364-6613(22)00300-X. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.11.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36621368. Free access until February 25, 2023.