Intrinsic neuronal network organization of a mammalian peripheral nervous system
Larry W. Swanson, Joel D. Hahn, Olaf Sporns · 2025
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Description
Larry Swanson, Joel Hahn, and Olaf Sporns map, in a 2025 study, a hidden network inside the body's peripheral nerves, long treated as mere cables. Textbooks cast the peripheral system as wiring between the brain and the organs. The authors suspected the wiring talks among itself.
Gathering anatomical reports for the rat, they charted directed connections between nerve hubs called ganglia. Over one hundred links joined fifty-two of eighty-four hubs. Clustering the map revealed twenty-two modules in a six-level hierarchy. A periphery with its own internal organization could coordinate organs partly on its own. Revising that picture changes how physiologists model everything from digestion to blood pressure.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Larry W. Swanson, Joel D. Hahn, Olaf Sporns |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |