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ReviewNature neuroscience2021

Computational models link cellular mechanisms of neuromodulation to large-scale neural dynamics.

James M Shine, Eli J Müller, Brandon Munn, Joana Cabral, Rosalyn J Moran, Michael Breakspear

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Review in Nature neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 127 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

127 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Hierarchical whole-brain modeling of critical synchronization dynamics in the human brain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

James M Shine *Brain and Mind Center, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1762-5499
Eli J Müller *Brain and Mind Center, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2497-0194
Brandon MunnBrain and Mind Center, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3638-1605
Joana CabralLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6715-0826
Rosalyn J MoranCentre for Neuroimaging Science, King's College, London, UK.
Michael BreakspearSchool of Psychology, College of Engineering, Science and the Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia. michael.breakspear@newcastle.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4943-3969

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decades of neurobiological research have disclosed the diverse manners in which the response properties of neurons are dynamically modulated to support adaptive cognitive functions. This neuromodulation is achieved through alterations in the biophysical properties of the neuron. However, changes in cognitive function do not arise directly from the modulation of individual neurons, but are mediated by population dynamics in mesoscopic neural ensembles. Understanding this multiscale mapping is an important but nontrivial issue. Here, we bridge these different levels of description by showing how computational models parametrically map classic neuromodulatory processes onto systems-level models of neural activity. The ensuing critical balance of systems-level activity supports perception and action, although our knowledge of this mapping remains incomplete. In this way, quantitative models that link microscale neuronal neuromodulation to systems-level brain function highlight gaps in knowledge and suggest new directions for integrating theoretical and experimental work.

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Models, NeurologicalNeural Networks, ComputerAnimalsArousalBrainHumansNerve NetNeurons

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