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Astrocytes and the Future of Nervous System Intelligence
A framework that already assumes what the biology is beginning to confirm.
Nervous System Intelligence has always been a framework of integration — experience produced by many systems together. Astrocyte biology adds a cellular layer to that framing.
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Integration as first principle
NSI does not depend on any single discovery. It depends on the observation that human experience is not produced by any single cell or circuit.
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What astrocytes contribute
Foundational NSI Concepts
The pillar ideas this article rests on
Scientific References
Primary literature
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- 181.Santello M, Toni N, Volterra A. Astrocyte function from information processing to cognition and cognitive impairment. Nat Neurosci. 2019;22(2):154-166. PubMed ↗
- 183.Nedergaard M, Verkhratsky A. Astrocytes in brain health and disease. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2024. PubMed ↗
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