# Astroengram **Entity class:** Memory-research concept **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Definition **Astroengram** is a proposed memory-bearing or memory-modulating ensemble involving astrocytes rather than neurons alone. ## Relationships - **Technical relationship:** It expands [[wiki/Memory Substrate|Memory Substrate]] beyond a neuron-only model while remaining an active research hypothesis rather than a complete continuity mechanism. - **Canonical source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. - **Collection relationship:** The entry belongs to [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] and the person-scale persistence questions maintained by [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]. <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry's documented connections are expressed in its definition and related-work routes, with provenance retained in the source-linked material. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Epistemic boundary Inclusion in the continuity stack records a documented component, method, model, or analytic distinction; it leaves whole-person transfer, subjective continuity, or numerical identity unresolved. ## Related Work in the Corpus <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> - In [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], **V. The brain as dynamical system** provides the narrative context for **Astroengram**: The uncertainty is productive because 2026 literature has been actively expanding the candidate substrate. <!-- END HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 -->