title: Possible microwave mechanisms of the mammalian nervous system.
abstract: The hypothesis is examined that the living mammal generates and uses electromagnetic waves in the lower microwave frequency region as an integral part of the functioning of central and peripheral nervous systems. Analysis of the potential energy of a protein integral to the neural membrane compared to that of an extracellular positive ion yields major known features of action potential generation, and identification of the integral protein as a microwave emitter and absorber by changes in rotational energy state. Prolate spheroidal analysis of the adult human brain/skull cavity shows capability to support modes in the range 200 MHz to 3 GHz; spatial mode properties correspond to gross anatomy and neuromorphology of the brain. Phase-lock loop interaction between lower microwave modes and action potential conduction results in pulse microwave/action potential generation observable by EEG instrumentation as brain waves; alpha waves occur if the corpus callosum is the major neural tract involved. Spatially consistent Lorentz forces of standing microwaves provide physical basis for correspondence of spatial properties of microwave modes with brain anatomy, and for the formation of myelin sheath and the nodes of Ranvier on larger neurons.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000502:physiology; D008872:Microwaves; D008959:Models, Neurological