Multilayer brain networks

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Abstract: The field of neuroscience is facing an unprecedented expanse in the volume and diversity of available data. Traditionally, network models have provided key insights into the structure and function of the brain. With the advent of big data in neuroscience, both more sophisticated models capable of characterizing the increasing complexity of the data and novel methods of quantitative analysis are needed. Recently multilayer networks, a mathematical extension of traditional networks, have gained increasing popularity in neuroscience due to their ability to capture the full information of multi-model, multi-scale, spatiotemporal data sets. Here, we review multilayer networks and their applications in neuroscience, showing how incorporating the multilayer framework into network neuroscience analysis has uncovered previously hidden features of brain networks. We specifically highlight the use of multilayer networks to model disease, structure-function relationships, network evolution, and link multi-scale data. Finally, we close with a discussion of promising new directions of multilayer network neuroscience research and propose a modified definition of multilayer networks designed to unite and clarify the use of the multilayer formalism in describing real-world systems.


The authors present a review of research results connected to the development of the theory of multilayer networks and their application to neuroscience. The second section is devoted to the introduction of multilayer networks, the third section to the way multilayer networks are applied to problems in the neuroscience and the fourth section outlines research papers to multilayer network statistics. Last two sections refer to future research trends and concluding remarks. The authors use an impressive number of over 100 references.





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