Astrocytes as the quanta of cognition

Why astrocytes?

The low hanging fruit -most numerous cell type in the brain.
-Forms a distinct network.
-Field properties – local harmonics.

Higher branches
-Evidence shows them as required components for cognition.
-Cognition as energy, in other words metabolism.

Support
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.20.465192v3
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/glia.24178

Why not… Neurons?
-Neurons require magic.
-Field Properties – Anti-local.
-Why are brain neurons “cognitive” but body neurons not?

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