NeuroPM-box

NeuroPM-box integrates molecular, histopathological, multimodal neuroimaging, and therapeutic data to model disease progression, intra-brain pathology spreading, and synergistic interactions in heterogeneous brain disorders to support biologically informed patient stratification.


Key Features:

  • Multifaceted Data Integration: Integrates molecular, histopathological, multimodal neuroimaging, and therapeutic data.
  • Advanced Analytical Modeling: Applies analytical and computational modeling validated on synthetic (N > 2900), in-vivo (N = 911), and post-mortem (N = 736) neurodegenerative datasets.
  • Characterization of Disease Progression: Delineates sequential disease states from genetic alterations to clinical manifestations over time.
  • Intra-Brain Pathology Spreading Analysis: Models concurrent spread of pathological factors such as amyloid, tau, and alpha-synuclein within the brain.
  • Synergistic Interaction Evaluation: Assesses synergistic interactions between biological factors, for example toxic tau effects on brain atrophy.
  • Patient Stratification: Supports biologically defined patient stratification based on disease heterogeneity and therapeutic needs.

Scientific Applications:

  • Neurodegenerative disease research: Supports modeling and analysis of heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders using integrated multimodal data.
  • Mechanistic studies of multifactorial processes: Enables dissection of genetic, proteomic, histopathological, and imaging contributions to disease mechanisms.
  • Mapping pathological spreading and interactions: Facilitates study of intra-brain spreading of amyloid, tau, and alpha-synuclein and their synergistic effects on atrophy.
  • Biomarker-driven patient stratification and therapeutic planning: Enables biologically informed stratification to guide precision medicine approaches.

Methodology:

Computational modeling and analytical techniques that integrate genetic, proteomic, histopathological, and multimodal neuroimaging data, validated on synthetic (N > 2900), in-vivo (N = 911), and post-mortem (N = 736) datasets.

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Details

Tool Type:
desktop application, workflow
Programming Languages:
MATLAB
Added:
10/25/2021
Last Updated:
10/25/2021

Operations

Publications

Iturria-Medina Y, Carbonell F, Assadi A, Adewale Q, Khan AF, Baumeister TR, Sanchez-Rodriguez L. Integrating molecular, histopathological, neuroimaging and clinical neuroscience data with NeuroPM-box. Communications Biology. 2021;4(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02133-x. PMID:34021244. PMCID:PMC8140107.