openalexFrontiers in Neuroscience2026-07-24
Identifying and investigating emergent behaviour in neural systems
Kyle C. A. Wedgwood, Patrick McGivern, Alexander R. Harris
The concept of emergence is key to understanding much of neurophysiology, neurodevelopment, and neurodegeneration. Many brain functions are underpinned by behaviour that emerges from interactions of components such as neurons, synapses, and glia. Perturbations such as ion channel…