diff --git a/neuron/BEH-AXO.md b/neuron/BEH-AXO.md index 06c8b8b..99537d7 100644 --- a/neuron/BEH-AXO.md +++ b/neuron/BEH-AXO.md @@ -459,18 +459,18 @@ episode: CaTracesClearance trace: None ``` -#### RP->RRP shuttling +#### RPShuttling This happens in the seconds loop, once per second. -##### RP->RRPSlow: Episode +##### RPShuttleSlow: Episode The "Hard Bottleneck" State. Recruitment is throttled by a lack of signal, a lack of supply, or a lack of space. If even one of these "Near-Stop" conditions is met, the rate cannot exceed "Slow," regardless of the other two conditions. Rate: 0.00 – 0.25 ```Gen -episode: RP->RRPSlow +episode: RPShuttleSlow contained_by: BEH-PRE in_context: RPShuttle @@ -481,14 +481,14 @@ episode: RP->RRPSlow trace: None ``` -##### RP->RRPModerate: Episode +##### RPShuttleModerate: Episode The "Sub-Optimal" State. The machinery is working, but it's held back by partial limitations. This covers cases where the signal is steady but the "piston" isn't firing at full speed, or where a high vacancy in the RRP (nearEmpty) forces a low signal to work a bit harder. Rate: 0.50 – 0.97 ```Gen -episode: RP->RRPModerate +episode: RPShuttleModerate contained_by: BEH-PRE in_context: RPShuttle @@ -502,14 +502,14 @@ episode: RP->RRPModerate trace: None ``` -##### RP->RRPFast: Episode +##### RPShuttleFast: Episode The "High Performance" State. Multiple systems are optimized, but one is still at a "Medium" level. This represents an active synapse that hasn't reached its absolute peak because either the supply is only 50% or the RRP isn't empty enough to create that "maximal vacuum" pull. Rate: 1.25 – 1.94 ```Gen -episode: RP->RRPFast +episode: RPShuttleFast contained_by: BEH-PRE in_context: RPShuttle @@ -522,14 +522,14 @@ episode: RP->RRPFast trace: None ``` -##### RP->RRPMaximal: Episode +##### RPShuttleMaximal: Episode The "Total Recovery" State. All systems are at their theoretical peak for speed. Rate: 2.50 – 5.00 ```Gen -episode: RP->RRPMaximal +episode: RPShuttleMaximal contained_by: BEH-PRE in_context: RPShuttle @@ -538,12 +538,12 @@ episode: RP->RRPMaximal hypothesis: (CaTrace nearFull) AND (RP nearFull) AND RRP (nearEmpty) action: [RP decrease, RRP increase] trace: None +``` ### min: behaviors #### Refill RP from Glutamine -How RP is replenished This happens in the minutes loop, once per minute, via the glutamine shuttle from the astrocyte. It is a two-step process across two cells. Step 1 — astrocyte side @@ -556,27 +556,6 @@ Step 2 — presynapse side The glutamine crosses into the presynapse, where glutaminase converts it back into glutamate. That glutamate is immediately repackaged into vesicles and added to N_RP: -N_RP = min(Max_RP, N_RP + refill_RP) - -The ceiling guard `min(Max_RP, ...)` prevents N_RP from exceeding its physical maximum. - ---- - -**The full chain from release to re-availability**: - -ms: NT released from RRP → N_RRP falls - → NT_cleft rises - → NT_released_this_window accumulates - -seconds: EAATs clear NT_cleft → glutamate enters astrocyte - Tr_Ca gates speed → N_RP moves into N_RRP - → (partially restores what was just depleted) - -mins: glutamate → glutamine → Glutamine_pool filled - glutamine → N_RP → reserve restocked for next seconds cycle - ---- - **The asymmetry that makes depletion possible**: The chain reveals why sustained high-frequency firing eventually depletes the synapse even with all replenishment mechanisms running.