Electrodynamic Integration in Cortical Hierarchies: Ephaptic Coupling, Gamma Synchrony, and the Quantum Emulator Hypothesis
This report presents an exhaustive theoretical and meta-analytical review of recent findings in systems neuroscience, synthesizing data from Distinct roles of prefrontal subregion feedback to the primary visual cortex across behavioral states (Ährlund-Richter et al.) 1 and Spatial Tuning of Alpha Oscillations in Human Visual Cortex (Yuasa et al.). The analysis constructs a unifying framework wherein laminar-specific top-down feedback modulates the spatial tuning of intrinsic oscillatory fields through ephaptic coupling mechanisms.