Talk:Neuromodulation

message: The second paragraph was clearly based directly on the first paragraph in the reference cited. Unfortunately, it was rewritten in a way that lost a lot of the actual information from the source, to the point that I had little idea what it was actually talking about. For those curious: it's a paper on modeling neuromodulation at the neuromuscular junction of the heart of the blue crab. I'm going to give it some very quick editing, but it'd be better if someone else came along and did a real rewrite of it. This whole page, in fact, is a moderately important subject that has nearly nothing written about it. digfarenough (talk) 23:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  neuromuscular 

message: I'm starting to believe in myself ;) Yes, I was already postulating that in my model of the brain some two years ago at least, tho of course not in professional press but in an article (because I am CS, no biologist). I'd say that, excuse me the simplification, to an extent we have different conscious brains in different moods (and the transitions are smooth). The premise was that depending on neurotransmitter configuration, various sides of personality are more or less active, and also open for shaping. Piotr Niżyński (talk) 02:21, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I really appreciate the input from anyone involved in computer science! There is much to be learned from comparisons between the brain and computers. (But, always remember that the brain can physically reorganize itself, whereas a computer cannot.)Fuzzform (talk) 05:42, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  how great to see my concept! 

message: No. Absolutely do not merge. This article needs to be separate. Unless there are objections within 6 months, I will remove the merger tag.Fuzzform (talk) 05:42, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the merger tag, since it clearly wasn't getting any support. Looie496 (talk) 17:31, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Support moving this article back to the primary topic title, as the biological process is the more fundamental and longstanding topic. Frankly, there's something a bit fishy about the Neuromodulation (medicine) article, perhaps because of its link to International Neuromodulation Society, which is a highly boosterish page (borderline advertisement) created by the single purpose account, User:Neuromodulation. Also, it seems to me that even if the medical variation is legitimate, it is a subtopic of neuromodulation generally, in the same way that an artificial heart is not ambiguous with heart, but is a subtopic of it, the medical substitute for the real thing. bd2412 T 12:14, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Although this is a very peripheral point, most medical applications actually do not directly tap in to the biological phenomenon (defined strictly), but instead, alter nerve activity in some other way. I do agree with you, though, that there is a boosterish tone to the medical page, and that has bothered me too. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:27, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a very good point. Now that I think of it, it's much more common to call the medical applications "stimulation" instead of "modulation". Although it's a separate discussion, that page may well ought to be renamed. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:52, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: There's a template at the top indicating a broken section link for 'Acetylcholine#in CNS', but the only place in the article for Acetylcholine that seems relevant to CNS is in the intro, where it's in the context of, 'Major neuromodulators in the central nervous system...', so maybe that is where it's intended to link to 'Acetylcholine#Central_nervous_system' ?  Otherwise the link in the intro is to Acetylcholine itself.  Is this where the template is referring to? None of the other mentioned neuromodulators link to a specific section related to CNS. UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 23:28, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  broken section# link for Acetylcholine? or not? 

message: There is not a section on 'further information' of the cholinergic system. I have currently provided two sources reviewing signalingPicciotto, M., Higley, M., & Mineur, Y. (2012). Acetylcholine as a neuromodulator: Cholinergic signaling shapes nervous system function and behavior. Neuron, 76(1), 116-129. doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.08.036 and cognitive effectsHasselmo, M., & Sarter, M. (2011). Modes and Models of Forebrain Cholinergic Neuromodulation of Cognition. Neuropsychopharmacology, 36, 52-73. doi:10.1038/npp.2010.104 of acetylcholine as a neuromodulator. I plan to draft a Cholinergic Systems section over the next few weeks. Btravers (talk) 21:26, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for asking, and welcome to Wikipedia! I think that both of the sources you list here look like very good choices, and I think that an expansion of the cholinergic content would be welcome. And you are quite correct that citations are missing for NE and DA, so please feel free to add them. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:53, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Cholinergic System

message: In light of recent edits, I'd like to make clearer some differences in terminology. Neuromodulation, neural pathways, and neurotransmitter pathways are all related concepts, but they are three different things. Neuromodulation, the topic of this page, is a process, something that happens when one kind of neurochemical exerts effects on the actions of another. Neural pathways and neurotransmitter pathways are anatomical structures, physical parts of the nervous system. The process of modulation is not something that one would find in an anatomical dissection. Neural pathways are defined structurally, whereas neurotransmitter pathways are a subset of neural pathways, defined by the neurotransmitter that they produce. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:45, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for writing us. --Exert yourself (talk) 06:45, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

text: Tryptofish gave a very succinct answer above: "Neuromodulation, the topic of this page, is a process, something that happens when one kind of neurochemical exerts effects on the actions of another. Neural pathways and neurotransmitter pathways are anatomical structures, physical parts of the nervous system." Railfan23 (talk) 06:42, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. I overlooked that post. My fault. --Exert yourself (talk) 06:45, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology 

message: Dear 
So what's the difference between Neuromodulation (neuromodulator system) & neurotransmitter pathways？ 
Sincerely yours,
--Exert yourself (talk) 06:41, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Tryptofish gave a very succinct answer above: "Neuromodulation, the topic of this page, is a process, something that happens when one kind of neurochemical exerts effects on the actions of another. Neural pathways and neurotransmitter pathways are anatomical structures, physical parts of the nervous system." Railfan23 (talk) 06:42, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. I overlooked that post. My fault. --Exert yourself (talk) 06:45, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neurotransmitter pathway 

message: In the Neuradrenaline System section, it states:
"The noradrenaline system consists of just 1500 neurons on each side of the brain, primarily in the locus coeruleus. This is diminutive compared to the more than 100 billion neurons in the brain."
I think this inaccurate. It seems the 1500 number came from this reference, which states "The exclusive source of NE in the cortex, the locus coeruleus (LC), is a small, pontine nucleus made up of approximately 1,500 noradrenergic neurons in the rat". However, the "more 100 billion neurons" figure seems to refer to humans, not rats. Also, the human neuron count figure is not cited, and does not reflect recent research. According to this paper, human brains contain approximately 86 billion neurons.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.31.150.236 (talk) 17:40, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed - Neuradrenaline System 

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