Journal article
Grand challenges for systems neuroscience: perspectives and opportunities
Frontiers in systems neuroscience, v 20, 1818506
07 Apr 2026
PMID: 42021836
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Abstract
Systems neuroscience seeks to uncover how diverse neuronal populations and distributed neural types, circuits, and regions in the brain give rise to perception, learning, emotion, cognition, and behavior, and how dysfunction at any of these levels contributes to neurological and psychiatric disorders. The field has rapidly expanded from single-cell studies to large-scale, multimodal interrogation and manipulation of brain-wide activity, creating unprecedented opportunities alongside major conceptual and technical challenges. Systems neuroscience is at a pivotal moment, with advances in basic, translational, and clinical research converging to deepen understanding of how neural activity generates mental life.
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- Title
- Grand challenges for systems neuroscience: perspectives and opportunities
- Creators
- Wen-Jun Gao - Drexel University, Neurobiology and Anatomy
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in systems neuroscience, v 20, 1818506
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- NIH: R01MH131053
The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research and/or publication of this article. This study was partly supported by NIH R01MH131053 to W-JG.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurobiology and Anatomy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001744624900001
- Other Identifier
- 991022173541904721