Dielectric polarization, electrical conduction, information processing and quantum computation in microtubules. Are they plausible?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1743, 1998, Pages 1897-1926

  Tuszynski J A ^a   Brown, J A ^a   Hawrylak, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dielectric polarization; Electrical conduction; Microtubules; Neurotransmitter release; Quantum computing; Signal propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042914032     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1998.0255     Document Type: Article

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