title: A Model of Information Carried over a Neuron Soma.
abstract: A series of cellular automata models of amino acid side chains on a neuron soma membrane have been created to simulate their hydropathic influences on adjacent water molecules. The presence of pathways, referred to as water wires, is identified. These pathways are invoked as passage ways across a neuron soma of proton hopping carrying the information from dendrites to the axon hillock.
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. lbkier@vcu.edu.
authors.forename: Lemont B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Kier
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA, USA. Lowell.hall@enc.edu.
authors.forename: Lowell H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003712:Dendrites / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007257:Information Theory; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D011522:Protons; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D014867:Water
keywords: Cellular automata models; Neuron information; Proton hopping; Soma pathways