Foreign media: Chinese researchers have found that genetic factors significantly affect the brain's ability to maintain a critical balance between activation and control, which is essential for cognitive function.
The research team analyzed resting-state functional MRI data of 829 participants (including monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins, and non-twins) from the U.S. "Human Connectome Project," and found that the brain's criticality (the balance between neural excitation and inhibition) enhances information processing capabilities. Through analysis, the researchers found that genetic factors significantly influence the brain's criticality at various levels, from specific brain regions to large-scale networks, and there is a link between criticality and cognitive function, indicating they share a common genetic basis.
This discovery opens up new avenues for exploring brain function and its potential dysfunctions, and future research on patients with neurological or psychiatric disorders may lead to new treatment methods.
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