Title
Computational modeling of brain pathologies: the case of multiple sclerosis.
Abstract
The central nervous system is the most complex network of the human body. The existence and functionality of a large number of molecular species in human brain are still ambiguous and mostly unknown, thus posing a challenge to Science and Medicine. Neurological diseases inherit the same level of complexity, making effective treatments difficult to be found. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a major neurological disease that causes severe inabilities and also a significant social burden on health care system: between 2 and 2.5 million people are affected by it, and the cost associated with it is significantly higher as compared with other neurological diseases because of the chronic nature of the disease and to the partial efficacy of current therapies. Despite difficulties in understanding and treating MS, many computational models have been developed to help neurologists. In the present work, we briefly review the main characteristics of MS and present a selection criteria of modeling approaches.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1093/bib/bbw123
BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
immune system,systems biology,vaccine,artificial intelligence,bioinformatics,computational models
Neuroscience,Biology,Multiple sclerosis,Brain pathologies,Bioinformatics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
2
1467-5463
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Francesco Pappalardo118928.53
Abdul Mateen Rajput2624.65
Santo Motta320229.74