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?