title: Plant neurobiology: an integrated view of plant signaling.
abstract: Plant neurobiology is a newly focused field of plant biology research that aims to understand how plants process the information they obtain from their environment to develop, prosper and reproduce optimally. The behavior plants exhibit is coordinated across the whole organism by some form of integrated signaling, communication and response system. This system includes long-distance electrical signals, vesicle-mediated transport of auxin in specialized vascular tissues, and production of chemicals known to be neuronal in animals. Here we review how plant neurobiology is being directed toward discovering the mechanisms of signaling in whole plants, as well as among plants and their neighbors.
authors.affiliation: Genomics, New York Botanical Garden, NY 10458, USA. ebrenner@nybg.org
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stahlberg
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vivanco
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baluska
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Volkenburgh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter