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concept:vsmc-latchesVSMC latches
Persistent vascular contractions via latch-bridge, proposed to freeze local circuits, sum of which accounts for majority of bodily suffering.
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- Latch-Bridge Mechanismassociated_withSmooth muscle mechanism where myosin heads latch to actin, holding tension without ongoing energy; forms/dissolves over seconds to minutes; can persist minutes to years.
- Latch spiralsassociated_withVicious cycle where latch reduces blood flow, reducing energy, making it harder to release the latch.
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- Proposed as the brain's compression/prediction infrastructure where tanha physically manifests; central mechanism in vasocomputation theory.
- Medical interpretation of certain headaches as latch dysfunction.
- A tension held to keep items in short-term memory; part of the stack machine model of tanha.
- A computing layer above physical hardware; Sloman uses this as an analogy for mental processes not reducible to physics.
- Central thesis linking VSMCs to predictive coding.
- The resting potential across cell membranes; a coarse-grained bioelectrical parameter that encodes pattern information.
- Proton pump involved in establishing bioelectric gradients for craniofacial development and left-right patterning.