Bioelectric signaling: Reprogrammable circuits underlying embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer

M Levin - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
How are individual cell behaviors coordinated toward invariant large-scale anatomical
outcomes in development and regeneration despite unpredictable perturbations …

[HTML][HTML] Improving biocompatibility for next generation of metallic implants

A Bandyopadhyay, I Mitra, SB Goodman… - Progress in materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing need for joint replacement surgeries, musculoskeletal repairs, and
orthodontics worldwide prompts emerging technologies to evolve with healthcare's …

Competency in navigating arbitrary spaces as an invariant for analyzing cognition in diverse embodiments

C Fields, M Levin - Entropy, 2022 - mdpi.com
One of the most salient features of life is its capacity to handle novelty and namely to thrive
and adapt to new circumstances and changes in both the environment and internal …

The computational boundary of a “self”: developmental bioelectricity drives multicellularity and scale-free cognition

M Levin - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
All epistemic agents physically consist of parts that must somehow comprise an integrated
cognitive self. Biological individuals consist of subunits (organs, cells, and molecular …

On having no head: cognition throughout biological systems

F Baluška, M Levin - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The central nervous system (CNS) underlies memory, perception, decision-making, and
behavior in numerous organisms. However, neural networks have no monopoly on the …

Controlling cell behavior electrically: current views and future potential

CD McCaig, AM Rajnicek, B Song… - Physiological …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
Direct-current (DC) electric fields are present in all developing and regenerating animal
tissues, yet their existence and potential impact on tissue repair and development are …

[HTML][HTML] Bioelectric signaling in regeneration: mechanisms of ionic controls of growth and form

KA McLaughlin, M Levin - Developmental biology, 2018 - Elsevier
The ability to control pattern formation is critical for the both the embryonic development of
complex structures as well as for the regeneration/repair of damaged or missing tissues and …

[HTML][HTML] The vertebrate primary cilium in development, homeostasis, and disease

JM Gerdes, EE Davis, N Katsanis - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
Cilia are complex structures that have garnered interest because of their roles in vertebrate
development and their involvement in human genetic disorders. In contrast to multicellular …

The bioelectric code: An ancient computational medium for dynamic control of growth and form

M Levin, CJ Martyniuk - Biosystems, 2018 - Elsevier
What determines large-scale anatomy? DNA does not directly specify geometrical
arrangements of tissues and organs, and a process of encoding and decoding for …

Two populations of node monocilia initiate left-right asymmetry in the mouse

J McGrath, S Somlo, S Makova, X Tian, M Brueckner - Cell, 2003 - cell.com
The vertebrate body plan has conserved handed left-right (LR) asymmetry that is manifested
in the heart, lungs, and gut. Leftward flow of extracellular fluid at the node (nodal flow) is …