Neuromolecular computing: A new approach to human brain evolution

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-197

  Wallace, Ron ^a   Price, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0033190691     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050555     Document Type: Article

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