Brain neurons as quantum computers: In vivo support of background physics

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 897-904

  Bershadskii, A ^a   Dremencov, E ^b   Bershadskii, J ^a   Yadid, G ^b  

^a The International Coalition for Agunah Rights   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain; Chaos; Computers; Decoherence; Neuron; Quantum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742305824     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129183103005030     Document Type: Article

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