title: Mathematical modeling in neuroendocrinology.
abstract: Mathematical models are commonly used in neuroscience, both as tools for integrating data and as devices for designing new experiments that test model predictions. The wide range of relevant spatial and temporal scales in the neuroendocrine system makes neuroendocrinology a branch of neuroscience with great potential for modeling. This article provides an overview of concepts that are useful for understanding mathematical models of the neuroendocrine system, as well as design principles that have been illuminated through the use of mathematical models. These principles are found over and over again in cellular dynamics, and serve as building blocks for understanding some of the complex temporal dynamics that are exhibited throughout the neuroendocrine system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, and Programs in Neuroscience and Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bertram
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009452:Neuroendocrinology / Q000379:methods*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology*