Toward a holographic brain paradigm: a lipid-centric model of brain functioning

Abstract

Due to the stimulation of neuronal membrane dipoles by action potentials, under suitable conditions coherent dipole oscillations can be formed. We argue that these dipole oscillations satisfy the weak Bose-Einstein condensate criteria of the Froehlich model of biological coherence. They can subsequently generate electromagnetic fields (EMFs) propagating in the inter-neuronal space. When neighboring neurons fire synchronously, EMFs can create interference patterns and hence form holographic images containing analog information about the sensory inputs that trigger neuronal activity. The mirror pattern projected by EMFs inside the neuron can encode information in the neuronal cytoskeleton. We outline an experimental verification of our hypothesis and its consequences for anesthesia, neurodegenerative diseases, and psychiatric states.

Keywords: action potential; consciousness; electromagnetic field; holography; lipid membrane.

Figure 1

Schematic diagram showing how a propagating action potential involving ion transfer across the membrane (A) generates a magnetic field surrounding the axon (B).

Figure 2

Left panel: schematic illustration of the AP propagation (a) causing mechanical deformation of the neuronal membrane (b) leading to soliton formation (c). Right panel: oscillations of P⁺ group dipoles that generate EMFs.

Figure 3

Schematic representation of different lipid compositions for dendrites and axonal membrane. Mechanical degrees of freedom of the phospholipid molecules in a membrane.

Figure 4

Integration of sensory inputs into the synchronized image of the outside world via neuronal activation and subsequent generation of EMF patterns.