The topological non-local braid-group concept of information processing in brain, the different role of the gray and white matter

TL;DR

This paper introduces a topological non-local braid-group model of brain information processing, emphasizing the distinct roles of gray and white matter, with a new plasmon-polariton based conduction mechanism in axons.

Contribution

It presents a novel topological framework for understanding brain information processing and proposes a plasmon-polariton model for saltatory conduction in myelinated axons.

Findings

White matter does not participate in information storage.

Gray matter's ion electricity is central to information processing.

White matter's role is primarily communication.

Abstract

The velocity of the action potential transduction along myelinated axons in the peripheral nervous system or in the white matter of brain and spinal cord reaches hundreds of meters per second to assure proper functioning of the body, which exceeds the ability of diffusive ion conduction. We propose the new model of the saltatory conduction based on a plasmon-polariton kinetics in myelinated axons, which excludes, however, the white matter form the information storage and its identification in the brain via e-m response. We propose a nonlocal topological approach to information processing in the cortex of brain in consistence with the ion electricity of the gray matter and a supplementary only communication role of the white matter.