Information processing in brain microtubules

BioSystems

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Faber, Jean ^a   Portugal, Renato ^a   Rosa, Luiz Pinguelli ^b  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computation; Consciousness; Microtubules; Subneuronal process

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

BIOLOGY; BRAIN;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; CYTOSKELETON; ENERGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; REVIEW;

EID: 29244479254     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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