A White Matter Ephaptic Coupling Model for 1/f Spectral Densities

Log-linear 1/f spectral densities are widely observed in the brain - across multiple species and at many levels of abstraction. However, the intrinsic relationship between the structural attributes of the brain and 1/f biorhythms remains largely unclear. Here, we explore a novel theoretical and generative framework, the white matter ephaptic coupling model (WMEC), and test its ability to explain the relationship between white matter morphology, spike propagation dynamics, and log-linear spectral densities observed in brain activity data.