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Determining sex-bias in brain structure is of great societal interest to improve diagnostics and treatment of brain-related disorders. So far, studies on sex-bias in brain structure predominantly focus on macro-scale measures, and often ignore factors determining this bias. [...]

Schizophrenia is a prototypical network disorder with widespread brain-morphological alterations, yet it remains unclear whether these distributed alterations robustly reflect the underlying network layout. We tested whether large-scale structural alterations in schizophrenia relate to normative structural and functional connectome architecture, and systematically evaluated robustness and generalizability of these network-level alterations. [...]

Das DFG-Programm Open-Access-Publikationskosten fördert in der derzeit laufenden ersten Phase Publikationen ab dem Jahr 2022. Das Monitoring dieser Publikationen, das auf der Ablieferung von Daten aus den geförderten Einrichtungen beruht, ist ein laufender Prozess, der Änderungen und Anpassungen unterworfen ist. [...]

Compensatory changes in brain connectivity keep motor symptoms mild in prodromalParkinson’s disease. Studying compensation in patients is hampered by the steady progression ofthe disease and a lack of individual baseline controls. [...]

The focus of AI ethics has recently shifted towards the question of whether and how the use of AI technologies can promote sustainability. This new research question involves discerning the sustainability of AI itself and evaluating AI as a tool to achieve sustainable objectives. [...]

Background: Acute cerebral ischemia triggers a number of cellular mechanisms not only leading to excitotoxic cell death but also to enhanced neuroplasticity, facilitating neuronal reorganization and functional recovery.Objective: Transferring these cellular mechanisms to neurophysiological correlates adaptable to patients is crucial to promote recovery post-stroke. The combination of TMS and EEG constitutes a promising readout of neuronal network activity in stroke patients.Methods: We used the combination of TMS and EEG to investigate the development of local signal processing and global network alterations in 40 stroke patients with motor deficits alongside neural reorganization from the acute to the chronic phase.Results: We show that the TMS-EEG response reflects information about reorganization and signal alterations associated with persistent motor deficits throughout the entire post-stroke period. [...]

Transmission lines (TLs) are excellent examples of quantum simulators of quantum fields. By appropriately driving-specific circuit elements, these devices can reproduce relativistic and quantum phenomena such as particle creation due to the nonadiabatic stimulation of the quantum vacuum. [...]