title: Information transfer by electromagnetic waves in cortex layers.
abstract: Coupling coefficients are derived for the transfer of energy from an electromagnetic wave propagating in the extracellular fluid of a cortex layer, using an ion dynamical model developed earlier (Green & Triffet, 1985). With the assistance of a simple computational algorithm, these are used to document the performance of a basic neural circuit (Eccles, 1979) embedded in a columnar structure of the type described by Mountcastle (1979). Results point to a holographic model of memory, in which calcium configurations in the dendrites of cerebellar granular cells, fixed by modulated alpha-waves, constitute the basic information storage mechanism. Event-related potential waves, known to sweep over selective regions of the cortex in advance of any muscular act, are explained as a logical consequence of circuit function.
authors.affiliation: College of Engineering and Theoretical Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Triffet
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000502:physiology; D007257:Information Theory; D008959:Models, Neurological