کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
141744 162922 2010 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Two views of brain function
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب شناختی
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Two views of brain function
چکیده انگلیسی

Traditionally studies of brain function have focused on task-evoked responses. By their very nature, such experiments tacitly encourage a reflexive view of brain function. Although such an approach has been remarkably productive, it ignores the alternative possibility that brain functions are mainly intrinsic, involving information processing for interpreting, responding to and predicting environmental demands. Here I argue that the latter view best captures the essence of brain function, a position that accords well with the allocation of the brain's energy resources. Recognizing the importance of intrinsic activity will require integrating knowledge from cognitive and systems neuroscience with cellular and molecular neuroscience where ion channels, receptors, components of signal transduction and metabolic pathways are all in a constant state of flux.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 180–190
نویسندگان
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