# Systems neuroscience
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** graph-network
- **Microsimmability score:** 34/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Nodes` (number of nodes)
- `Edge density` (fraction of possible links present)
- `Edge cost` (weight scale on links)
### What animates
A network of nodes and weighted edges lays out on the canvas; a path or flow is traced and re-routed as topology and costs change.
### Learning objective
Relate routing, critical paths, and delay to network topology and costs.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`Affective_neuroscience` · [[Alexander_Bogdanov]] · [[Allenna_Leonard]] · [[Anatol_Rapoport]] · [[Anthony_Wilden]] · `Auditory_system` · [[Barbara_J._Grosz]] · `Basic_research` · `Behavioral_epigenetics` · `Behavioral_neurology` · `Behavioral_neuroscience` · `Behavioural_genetics` · [[Biological_system]] · `Brain-reading` · `Brain_mapping` · `Brain–computer_interface` · [[Béla_H._Bánáthy]] · [[C._West_Churchman]] · `Cellular_neuroscience` · [[Charles_A._S._Hall]] · `Chronobiology` · [[Claude_Shannon]] · `Clinical_neurophysiology` · `Clinical_neuroscience` · `Cognitive_linguistics` · `Cognitive_neuroscience` · [[Complex_system]] · `Computational_model` · `Computational_neuroscience` · [[Connectomics]] · `Consciousness` · `Consumer_neuroscience` · [[Control_theory]] · [[Coupled_human–environment_system]] · `Cultural_neuroscience` · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Detection_theory]] · `Development_of_the_nervous_system` · [[Donella_Meadows]] · [[Doubling_time]] · `Drosophila` · [[Earth_system_science]] · `Economic_system` · [[Ecosystem]] · [[Edsger_W._Dijkstra]] · `Educational_neuroscience` · [[Edward_Norton_Lorenz]] · `Electroencephalography` · `Electrophysiology` · `Enteric_nervous_system` · [[Eric_Trist]] · `Evolutionary_neuroscience` · [[Francisco_Varela]] · `Fred_Emery_(psychologist)` · `Functional_magnetic_resonance_imaging` · [[George_Dantzig]] · [[George_Klir]] · `Global_neurosurgery` · [[Gregory_Bateson]] · [[Heinz_von_Foerster]] · `History_of_neuroscience` · [[Howard_T._Odum]] · [[Humberto_Maturana]] · [[Ilya_Prigogine]] · `Imaging_genetics` · [[Information_system]] · `Integrative_neuroscience` · `Intraoperative_neurophysiological_monitoring` · [[James_Grier_Miller]] · [[James_J._Kay]] · [[Jay_Wright_Forrester]] · [[Jennifer_Wilby]] · [[John_Seddon]] · [[Kathleen_Carley]] · [[Katia_Sycara]] · `Kenneth_E._Boulding` · [[Kevin_Warwick]] · [[Limiting_factor]] · [[List_of_systems_sciences_organizations]] · `List_of_systems_scientists` · [[Living_systems]] · [[Ludwig_von_Bertalanffy]] · [[Lydia_Kavraki]] · [[Manfred_Clynes]] · [[Manuela_M._Veloso]] · [[Margaret_Boden]] · [[Margaret_Mead]] · [[Mary_Cartwright]] · `Memory` · [[Mihajlo_D._Mesarovic]] · `Mike_Jackson_(systems_scientist)` · `Mirror_neuron` · `Molecular_cellular_cognition` · `Molecular_neuroscience` · `Motor_control` · `Motor_system` · [[Multi-agent_system]] · [[Murray_Bowen]] · [[Negative_feedback]] · [[Nervous_system]] · `Neural_basis_of_self` · [[Neural_circuit]] · `Neural_coding` · `Neural_decoding` · `Neural_engineering` · [[Neural_network_(machine_learning)]] · `Neural_oscillation` · `Neural_pathway` · `Neural_substrate` · `Neuro-oncology` · `Neuro-ophthalmology` · `Neuroanatomy` · `Neuroanthropology` · `Neurobranding` · `Neurocardiology` · `Neurochemistry` · `Neurochip` · `Neurocinema` · `Neurocriminology` · `Neurodegenerative_disease` · `Neurodevelopmental_disorder` · `Neurodiversity` · `Neuroeconomics` · `Neuroendocrinology` · `Neuroepidemiology` · `Neuroepistemology` · `Neuroesthetics` · `Neuroethics` · `Neuroethology` · `Neurogenesis` · `Neurogenetics` · `Neurohacking` · `Neurohistory` · `Neuroimaging` · `Neuroimmune_system` · `Neuroimmunology` · `Neuroinformatics` · `Neurointensive_care` · `Neurolaw` · `Neuroleadership` · `Neurolinguistics` · `Neurology` · `Neuromanagement` · `Neuromarketing` · `Neurometrics` · `Neuromodulation` · `Neuromorphology` · `Neuron` · `Neuropathology` · `Neuropharmacology` · `Neurophenomenology` · `Neurophilosophy` · `Neurophysics` · `Neurophysiology` · `Neuroplasticity` · `Neuropolitics` · `Neuroprosthetics` · `Neuropsychiatry` · `Neuropsychology` · `Neuroradiology` · `Neurorobotics` · [[Neuroscience]] · `Neuroscience_of_music` · `Neuroscience_of_religion` · `Neurosexism` · `Neurosurgery` · `Neurotechnology` · `Neurotology` · `Neurotoxin` · `Neurovirology` · [[Niklas_Luhmann]] · [[Norbert_Wiener]] · `Nutritional_neuroscience` · `Olfactory_system` · `Outline_of_neuroscience` · `Paleoneurobiology` · [[Peter_Senge]] · [[Positive_feedback]] · `Positron_emission_tomography` · [[Principia_Cybernetica]] · `Psychiatry` · [[Qian_Xuesen]] · [[Radhika_Nagpal]] · [[Recommender_system]] · `Reward_system` · `Russell_L._Ackoff` · `Ruzena_Bajcsy` · `Sensory_neuroscience` · `Single-unit_recording` · `Social_cognitive_neuroscience` · `Social_neuroscience` · `Social_system` · [[Sociotechnical_system]] · `Somatosensory_system` · [[Stafford_Beer]] · [[Stephanie_Forrest]] · [[System]] · [[System_dynamics]] · `Systemics` · `Systems_analysis` · `Systems_art` · [[Systems_biology]] · [[Systems_ecology]] · [[Systems_engineering]] · [[Systems_pharmacology]] · `Systems_philosophy` · `Systems_psychology` · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]] · `Systems_theory_in_anthropology` · [[Systems_theory_in_archaeology]] · [[Systems_theory_in_political_science]] · [[Systems_thinking]] · [[Talcott_Parsons]] · [[Twelve_leverage_points]] · [[Urban_metabolism]] · `Victor_Aladjev` · `Visual_system` · `World-systems_theory`
## From the Real GENERATIVE library (beauty pass)
*Systems neuroscience — image hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons (via the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library, Engineering room). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray739.png).*
> Systems neuroscience is a subdiscipline of neuroscience and systems biology that studies the structure and function of various neural circuits and systems that make up the central nervous system of an organism.[1] Systems neuroscience encompasses a number of areas of study concerned with how nerve cells behave when connected together to form neural pathways, neural circuits, and larger brain networks. At this level of analysis, neuroscientists study how different neural circuits analyze ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_neuroscience))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_neuroscience)
> Relation: subfield of systems engineering.
## Concept summary
Systems neuroscience is a subdiscipline of neuroscience and [[Systems_biology|systems biology]] that studies the [[Structure|structure]] and function of various neural circuits and systems that make up the central [[Nervous_system|nervous system]] of an organism.[1] Systems neuroscience encompasses a number of areas of study concerned with...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Systems neuroscience
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render graph-network; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_neuroscience) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Systems_neuroscience)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Control_theory]] · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Operations_research]] · [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[System_dynamics]] · [[Systems_engineering]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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