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ReviewAutonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical2017

Homeostatic systems, biocybernetics, and autonomic neuroscience.

David S Goldstein, Irwin J Kopin

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In one paragraph

Review in Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Energy homeostasis from Lavoisier to control theory.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023
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  12. Unique Features of the Immune Response in BTBR Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  13. Homeostatic medicine: a strategy for exploring health and disease.Current medicine (Cham, Switzerland) · 2022
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  15. Stress and the "extended" autonomic system.Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical · 2021
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  17. Psychomotor Predictive Processing.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David S GoldsteinClinical Neurocardiology Section, Clinical Neurosciences Program, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1620, USA. Electronic address: goldsteind@ninds.nih.gov.
Irwin J KopinClinical Neurocardiology Section, Clinical Neurosciences Program, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1620, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Parkinson Disease and Related DisordersZIANS003033 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI GOLDSTEIN, DAVID · 2009 to 2022
$8.2M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA NS003033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this review we describe a series of major concepts introduced during the past 150years that have contributed to our current understanding about how physiological processes required for well-being and survival are regulated. One can theorize that hierarchical networks involving input-output relationships continuously orchestrate and learn adaptive patterns of observable behaviors, cognition, memory, mood, and autonomic systems. Taken together, these networks function as "good regulators" determining levels of internal variables and act as if there were homeostatic comparators ("homeostats"). The consequences of models with vs. without homeostats remain the same in terms of allostatic load and the eventual switch from stabilizing negative feedback loops to destabilizing, pathogenic positive feedback loops. Understanding this switch seems important for comprehending senescence-related, neurodegenerative disorders that involve the autonomic nervous system. Our general proposal is that disintegration of homeostatic systems causes disorders of regulation in degenerative diseases and that medical cybernetics can inspire and rationalize new approaches to treatment and prevention.

Indexed as

CyberneticsAnimalsAutonomic Nervous SystemHomeostasisHumansAllostasisAutonomicBiocyberneticsHomeostasisStress

Identifiers

PMID28918243
PMCPMC5819891
OpenAlexW2751406723

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Registered trials

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