Nerve Electrical Conduction, Storage and Retrieval of Information: A Theory.
Abstract
Lecithin and cholesterol which form closely packed arrays in the wall of the axon in nerve is identified as the location for electrical conduction, information storage and retrieval. The complex of lecithin and cholesterol is seen as a machine concerned with transporting sodium ions into a corridor comprising two cholesterol molecules. Based on considerations from two approaches, the cholesterol-sodium-cholesterol sandwich becomes superconductive and electrons tunnel from one sandwich to another. Only the last 5-6 (CH2) groups in the lecithin tail and the tail of cholesterol have any degree of freedom of movement as a result of attractive forces. These groups are oriented by the electromagnetic field accompanying the tunneling electrons in spite of the relatively high viscosity of the liquid crystal. As a result, the information which the electrons carried in the field is impressed on the tails producing a liquid crystal pattern. The information may be retrieved when a wave impinges on the pattern.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA041664
Entities
People
- Solomon Goldfein