Fingerprints of brain disease: connectome identifiability in Alzheimer’s disease

Abstract Functional connectivity patterns in the human brain, like the friction ridges of a fingerprint, can uniquely identify individuals. Does this “brain fingerprint” remain distinct even during Alzheimer’s disease (AD)? Using fMRI data from healthy and pathologically ageing subjects, we find tha...

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Main Authors: Sara Stampacchia, Saina Asadi, Szymon Tomczyk, Federica Ribaldi, Max Scheffler, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Michela Pievani, Aïda B. Fall, Maria Giulia Preti, Paul G. Unschuld, Dimitri Van De Ville, Olaf Blanke, Giovanni B. Frisoni, Valentina Garibotto, Enrico Amico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-09-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06829-8