Neuromodulatory Systems
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...
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| author | Gerhard eWerner Bernhard J Mitterauer |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-ec3b7e87122c4273889803a9c29904f42022-12-21T17:43:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neural Circuits1662-51102013-03-01710.3389/fncir.2013.0003645190Neuromodulatory SystemsGerhard eWerner0Bernhard J Mitterauer1University of TexasUniversity of SalzburgAbstract 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.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2013.00036/fullExtracellular FluidNeuromodulationneuromodulatory systemsmultifractalsKey words: neuroglianeuromodulatory system |
| spellingShingle | Gerhard eWerner Bernhard J Mitterauer Neuromodulatory Systems Frontiers in Neural Circuits Extracellular Fluid Neuromodulation neuromodulatory systems multifractals Key words: neuroglia neuromodulatory system |
| title | Neuromodulatory Systems |
| title_full | Neuromodulatory Systems |
| title_fullStr | Neuromodulatory Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neuromodulatory Systems |
| title_short | Neuromodulatory Systems |
| title_sort | neuromodulatory systems |
| topic | Extracellular Fluid Neuromodulation neuromodulatory systems multifractals Key words: neuroglia neuromodulatory system |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2013.00036/full |
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