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ReviewFrontiers in neural circuits2013

Neuromodulatory systems.

Gerhard Werner, Bernhard J Mitterauer

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Review in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Gerhard WernerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Austin, TX, USA.
Bernhard J Mitterauer

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examine the interactions and interdependencies between Neuroglia, the Brain-Cell Microenvironment, and the processes commonly subsumed under Neuromodulation. The interactions of the component processes covering a wide spectrum of frequencies are designated as Neuromodulatory Systems (NMS). This implies NMS's scale-invariance as the capacity of linking actions across many time scales, and self-similarity at any scale. These features endow NMS with the ability to respond adaptively to neural impulse traffic of an unpredictably wide frequency spectrum. In this preliminary perspective, the components of NMS are only outlined based on concepts of Complex Systems Dynamics. However, their interactions must be formally elaborated in further investigations.

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AnimalsBrainExtracellular FluidGap JunctionsHumansNeurogliaNeurotransmitter AgentsNeurotransmitter Agentsextracellular fluidmultifractalsneuroglianeuromodulationneuromodulatory systems

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PMID23532509
PMCPMC3607789

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