Network physiology: From neural plasticity to organ network interactions

Plamen Ch Ivanov, Kang K.L. Liu, Aijing Lin, Ronny P. Bartsch

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Abstract

The fundamental question in the new field of Network Physiology is how physiologic states and functions emerge from networked interactions among diverse physiological systems. We present recent efforts in developing new methodology and theoretical framework adequate to identify and quantify dynamical interactions among systems with very different characteristics and signal outputs. In this chapter, we demonstrate the utility of the novel concept of time delay stability and a first Network Physiology approach: to investigate new aspects of neural plasticity at the level of brain rhythm interactions in response to changes in physiologic state; to characterize dynamical features of brain-organ communications as a new signature of neuroautonomic control; and to establish basic principles underlying hierarchical reorganization in the network of organ-organ communications for different physiologic states and functions. The presented results are initial steps in developing an atlas of dynamical interactions among key organ systems in the human body.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEmergent Complexity from Nonlinearity, in Physics, Engineering and the Life Sciences - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems, NDES 2015
EditorsRuedi Stoop, Ruedi Stoop, Giorgio Mantica, Sebastiano Stramaglia, Giorgio Mantica, Sebastiano Stramaglia
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media, LLC
Pages145-165
Number of pages21
ISBN (Print)9783319478081
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event23rd International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems, NDES 2015 - Como, Italy
Duration: 7 Sep 201511 Sep 2015

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Physics
Volume191
ISSN (Print)0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)1867-4941

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems, NDES 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
City Como
Period7/09/1511/09/15

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.

Funding

We acknowledge support from W.M. Keck Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NIH Grant 1R01- HL098437), the Office of Naval Research (ONR Grant 000141010078), the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF Grant 2012219), EC-FP7 Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF 628159).

FundersFunder number
EC-FP7IIF 628159
National Institutes of Health1R01- HL098437
Office of Naval Research000141010078
W. M. Keck Foundation
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2012219

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