title: Reactive near field electromagnetic axonal communication channels and their role in neurodegenerative diseases.
abstract: Research focus is on the micron-scale subsystem of the human nervous system known as the axon, or nerve fibre. In studying what has been traditionally treated as an electrochemical subsystem, we find that the axon is both an electrochemical and electromagnetic link in an intricately designed network. This work offers a game changing look at phenomena which enable interaction among millions of fibres tightly packed in bundles and tracts in the human peripheral and central nervous systems, respectively. We maintain that these fibres do not act independently as generally believed, but form intricate spatial and temporal near-field networks. An understanding of these networks will lead to improved diagnostics and therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases.
authors.forename: Salvatore Domenic
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Morgera
mesh_terms: D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004560:Electricity; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D011901:Ranvier's Nodes / Q000473:pathology