State, Not Scar · reading guide
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Everything below is derived from this case's own source records — 21 of them — plus a small curated shelf of learning materials. Verification labels say exactly how much checking stands behind each record; nothing here is a recommendation to believe, only to read.
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Hand-picked orientation material — not evidence, and not part of the case record.
- Explainer
Vasocomputation and vascular tension (short note)
Michael Edward Johnson
Johnson's short-form entry point to the framework — quicker orientation than the full Principles essay (which is a case source).
AI-verified citation - Reference
Myofascial trigger point — Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Mainstream orientation on the trigger-point construct and its disputes — useful before reading either side's primary literature.
AI-verified citation
Primary literature15
Papers, preprints, and reports the case draws on — the records to read before trusting any summary, ours included.
- SRC-MIZRACHI-2026paper · 2026
Voluntary attention regulates acute immune responses in humans
Mizrachi, N.; Rottem, M.; Rozenkrantz, L.
- SRC-LANDFALD-2025paper · 2025
Ultrasound elastography to guide compression therapy for gastrocnemius trigger points in runners
Ingrid C. Landfald; Michał Podgórski; Łukasz Olewnik
- SRC-SALAMEH-2024paper · 2024
Blood pressure pulsations modulate central neuronal activity via mechanosensitive ion channels
Jammal Salameh, L.; Bitzenhofer, S. H.; Hanganu-Opatz, I. L.; Dutschmann, M.; Egger, V.
- SRC-MAZZA-2021paper · 2021
Assessment of Myofascial Trigger Points via Imaging
Mazza, D. F.; Boutin, R. D.; Chaudhari, A. J.
- SRC-ZACCARO-2018paper · 2018
How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing
Zaccaro, A.; Piarulli, A.; Laurino, M.; Garbella, E.; Menicucci, D.; Neri, B.; Gemignani, A.
- SRC-QUINTNER-2015paper · 2015
A critical evaluation of the trigger point phenomenon
Quintner, J. L.; Bove, G. M.; Cohen, M. L.
- SRC-BALLYNS-2011paper · 2011
Objective Sonographic Measures for Characterizing Myofascial Trigger Points Associated With Cervical Pain
Jeffrey J. Ballyns; Jay P. Shah; Jennifer Hammond; Tadesse Gebreab; Lynn H. Gerber; Siddhartha Sikdar
- SRC-LUCAS-2009paper · 2009
Reliability of Physical Examination for Diagnosis of Myofascial Trigger Points
Lucas, N.; Macaskill, P.; Irwig, L.; Moran, R.; Bogduk, N.
- SRC-MOORE-CAO-2008paper · 2008
The Hemo-Neural Hypothesis: On the Role of Blood Flow in Information Processing
Moore, C. I.; Cao, R.
- SRC-SHAH-2008paper · 2008
Biochemicals Associated With Pain and Inflammation are Elevated in Sites Near to and Remote From Active Myofascial Trigger Points
Shah, J. P.; Danoff, J. V.; Desai, M. J.; Parikh, S.; Nakamura, L. Y.; Phillips, T. M.; Gerber, L. H.
- SRC-SIMONS-2002paper · 2002
Endplate Potentials Are Common to Midfiber Myofacial Trigger Points
David G. Simons; Chang-Zern Hong; Lois Statham Simons
- SRC-MCNULTY-1994paper · 1994
Needle electromyographic evaluation of trigger point response to a psychological stressor
McNulty, W. H.; Gevirtz, R. N.; Hubbard, D. R.; Berkoff, G. M.
- SRC-CROFT-1994paper · 1994
Population study of tender point counts and pain as evidence of fibromyalgia
P. Croft; J. Schollum; A. Silman
- SRC-HUBBARD-BERKOFF-1993paper · 1993
Myofascial trigger points show spontaneous needle EMG activity
Hubbard, D. R.; Berkoff, G. M.
- SRC-HAI-MURPHY-1988paper · 1988
Cross-bridge phosphorylation and regulation of latch state in smooth muscle
Hai, C.-M.; Murphy, R. A.
Critiques & counter-analyses2
Sources whose evidence in this case predominantly undermines the featured hypothesis. Read these with the same seriousness as the supporting work.
- SRC-STORED-TENSION-2026report · 2026
Knots, Vasocomputation, and the Biology of Stored Tension: A Critical Research Report
AI deep-research agent (commissioned by Eugene)
Verified — held in project libraryUndermines ×1Qualifies ×2no public link on record - SRC-VASO-S001workpaper · 2026
Workpaper: latch-state evidence by vessel type, caliber, and persistence (study VASO-S001)
This site (AI-authored project work held in the repository)
AI-verified citationUndermines ×2Qualifies ×1no public link on record
Web & commentary4
Webpages, press, and commentary — useful for orientation, weak as evidence.
- SRC-JHONG-2026webpage · 2026
Knots of Existence and Vasocomputation
Eugene Jhong
Verified — held in project librarySupports ×8Qualifies ×1Context ×3no public link on record - SRC-BUTTERFLY-MIDJOURNEY-2026webpage · 2026
Butterfly Network Provides Commentary on Midjourney Medical's Full Body Ultrasound Scanner Announcement
Butterfly Network, Inc.
- SRC-JHONG-2026Aother · 2026
Knots of Existence Hypotheses
Eugene Jhong
UnverifiedSupports ×3Context ×3no public link on record - SRC-JOHNSON-2023webpage · 2023
Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and Physical Reflex (Part I)
Johnson, M. E.; Symmetry Institute
grouping is derived: a source lands under “critiques” when its evidence records in this case predominantly undermine the featured hypothesis · every entry links to its full provenance record