Evidence for a Primitive DC Electrical Analog System Controlling Brain Function
Abstract
Modern neurophysiology views the problem of integration of brain function as the result of massive interconnectivity of the neurons and almost all research in this area is based upon this concept. In the first article of this series I outlined some of the theoretical problems with this view. In this article I shall review the evidence gathered over the past 50 years indicating that a separate operational system exists, based upon extra-neuronal DC electrical currents, that serves this integrating function.References
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