A primary point of divergence for the model is the assertion that electro-chemical processes are actually an artifact of mechanical forces. When we measure “electrical” function in cells, we are actually inferring the mechanical processes which generate the gradients.
Mechanosensitive Piezo1 Channel in Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Central Nervous System – All cells are mechanosensitive. But can cells communicate that data to other cells, and if so, how? Maybe this channel is the answer.
PIEZO2 in somatosensory neurons controls gastrointestinal transit – Or maybe this channel! Or maybe “feeling” isn’t a construction of the “brain”, but rather the “sensory” output of each individual cell.