Indispensable role of quantum theory in the brain dynamics

BioSystems

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-272

  Kurita, Yukinari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Neural networks; Superposition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 18844425449     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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