title: Dense neuron system interacting with the gravitational potential.
abstract: A theoretical model is developed to study the role of the gravitational potential between neurons in the brain under conditions of zero gravity. The model includes firing and non-firing neurons in a neural network where the source of interaction is the gravitational potential. The importance of this study is its ability to examine the role of the weak gravitational potential alone without the inclusion of other interactions between neurons. The results of the study show density fluctuations contain components from thermal effects and gravitational interactions. It also shows collective oscillatory behavior amongst neurons from gravitational interactions. The study provides a simple alternate mechanism to understand organized behavior of neurons in the brain under conditions of zero gravity.
authors.affiliation: Honorary Research Fellow, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia. Electronic address: ranjit@optusnet.com.au.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Thuraisingham
mesh_terms: D006112:Gravitation; D008954:Models, Biological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013696:Temperature
keywords: Collective behavior; Gravitation potential; Interacting neurons