Systems Biology Brain conceptualizes the brain as a central regulatory node integrated within the body’s entire network of feedback loops, focusing on its role in coordinating metabolic shifts, stress responses, and neuroendocrine signaling simultaneously. This views the brain as a complex, interacting subsystem.
Origin
This perspective is derived from systems biology, which rejects reductionism in favor of modeling the dynamic interactions between disparate physiological components, particularly the constant crosstalk between neural activity and the circulating hormonal milieu. It seeks to map the brain’s contribution to whole-body homeostasis.
Mechanism
This framework analyzes emergent regulatory properties arising from the complex connectivity between neural circuits, autonomic outflow, and hypothalamic-pituitary hormone release kinetics. It models, for example, how sustained inflammatory signals received by the brain alter downstream signaling to the adrenals, impacting overall energy substrate partitioning.
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