Axonal morphophysiology................................................... 46
The Hodgkin-Huxley model.................................................48
Magnetic field in axons ....................................................... 52
Electric field in axons..........................................................53
Implications for microtubule function...................................54
No Hall effect in microtubules.................................................54
Microtubule lattice structure....................................................58
Problems in the ferroelectric model of microtubules...............60
GTP hydrolysis and dynamic instability..................................63
The importance of the water microenvironment .....................65
Tubulin C-termini biological function.......................................68
Post-translational modification of tubulin tails.........................71
Tubulin tail defects and cerebral pathology............................73
Processing of information by brain microtubules....................73
Elastic and piezoelectric properties of microtubules...............77
Discussion..............................................................................77
References..........................................................................79