Initiative of eye-brain joint computing in neuropsychiatric disorders

VernacularTitle:眼脑联动与神经精神疾病
Author: Xinhui XIE ¹ ; Bang CHEN ; Yitian ZHAO ; Hao WANG ; Shuxian XU ; Yan HU ; Han RONG ; Jiang LIU
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1. 惠州市第二人民医院脑功能与心身医学研究所　516001
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Eye-brain joint computing; Neuropsychiatric disorders; Multimodal imaging
From: Chinese Journal of Psychiatry 2020;53(6):546-552
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Eyes, as parts of the central nervous system, have a high overlapping of developmental homologies and functional similarities with the brain. They have analogous cell compositions, neurotransmitter functions, vessel functions and blood supplies, etc. To receive an integrated picture of eyes and brains on neurodevelopment and degeneration, we reviewed relevant studies on several major neurodevelopmental and degenerative diseases, such as autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer′s disease, and Parkinson′s disease. We found that although the functional and structural impairments of eyes and brains are commonly in these neuropsychiatric diseases, the integrated understanding of the eye-brain system is inadequate. Additionally, we revealed the difficulty, significance and potentiality of eye-brain integration studies, and proposed a fundamental research framework for these types of studies based on artificial intelligence, i.e. eye-brain joint computing framework.