title: Statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions: Large-scale EEG influences on molecular processes.
abstract: Calculations further support the premise that large-scale synchronous firings of neurons may affect molecular processes. The context is scalp electroencephalography (EEG) during short-term memory (STM) tasks. The mechanism considered is Π=p+qA (SI units) coupling, where p is the momenta of free Ca(2+) waves, q the charge of Ca(2+) in units of the electron charge, and A the magnetic vector potential of current I from neuronal minicolumnar firings considered as wires, giving rise to EEG. Data has processed using multiple graphs to identify sections of data to which spline-Laplacian transformations are applied, to fit the statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions (SMNI) model to EEG data, sensitive to synaptic interactions subject to modification by Ca(2+) waves.
authors.affiliation: Lester Ingber Research, Ashland, OR, United States. Electronic address: ingber@alumni.caltech.edu.
authors.forename: Lester
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ingber
mesh_terms: D058256:Brain Waves / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D019579:Neocortex / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Astrocytes; Neocortical dynamics; Short-term memory; Vector potential