AUTHOR=Maldonado Pedro E. , Concha-Miranda Miguel , Schwalm Miriam TITLE=Autogenous cerebral processes: an invitation to look at the brain from inside out JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neural Circuits VOLUME=17 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neural-circuits/articles/10.3389/fncir.2023.1253609 DOI=10.3389/fncir.2023.1253609 ISSN=1662-5110 ABSTRACT=

While external stimulation can reliably trigger neuronal activity, cerebral processes can operate independently from the environment. In this study, we conceptualize autogenous cerebral processes (ACPs) as intrinsic operations of the brain that exist on multiple scales and can influence or shape stimulus responses, behavior, homeostasis, and the physiological state of an organism. We further propose that the field should consider exploring to what extent perception, arousal, behavior, or movement, as well as other cognitive functions previously investigated mainly regarding their stimulus–response dynamics, are ACP-driven.