%0 Journal Article
%T The nature of neuronal words and language
%A Morris Henry Baslow
%J Natural Science
%P 205-211
%@ 2150-4105
%D 2010
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ns.2010.23032
%X Individual neurons in the brain possess natural language in the form of energy-dependent ac-tion potentials or spikes (S) operating on a mil-lisecond timescale that, along with pauses (P) between spikes, constitute a two letter (S, P) ¡°alphabet¡± that is used to generate meaningful frequency-encoded neuronal ¡°words¡±. These words are then used to transmit information to other neurons in the form of phrases consisting of two or more words that are contained within longer pause-delineated structured declarative sentences. In this article, the nature of neuronal words and language are described, and exam-ples provided that illustrate the way in which neuronal language is used by the brain to in-teract with and interpret both its internal and external environments. It is hoped that a fuller understanding of the language used by neurons to communicate may lead to development of novel treatments for a number of human neu-ropathies.
%K Biosemiotics
%K Brain
%K Cognition
%K Language
%K Learning
%K Memory
%K Neurons
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=1568