Toward a holographic brain paradigm: a lipid-centric model of brain functioning.
Marco Cavaglià, Marco A Deriu, Jack A Tuszynski
Frontiers in Neuroscience 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1302519 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Action potential Consciousness Electromagnetic field Holography Lipid membrane |
| Key points | Argues that action-potential-driven dipole oscillations in neuronal membranes can satisfy the weak Bose-Einstein condensate criteria of the Froehlich model, generating electromagnetic fields that form holographic interference patterns encoding sensory information, with possible implications for anesthesia, neurodegenerative diseases, and psychiatric states. |
Abstract
Due to the stimulation of neuronal membrane dipoles by action potentials, under suitable conditions coherent dipole oscillations can be formed. We argue that these dipole oscillations satisfy the weak Bose-Einstein condensate criteria of the Froehlich model of biological coherence. They can subsequently generate electromagnetic fields (EMFs) propagating in the inter-neuronal space. When neighboring neurons fire synchronously, EMFs can create interference patterns and hence form holographic images containing analog information about the sensory inputs that trigger neuronal activity. The mirror pattern projected by EMFs inside the neuron can encode information in the neuronal cytoskeleton. We outline an experimental verification of our hypothesis and its consequences for anesthesia, neurodegenerative diseases, and psychiatric states.
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