Quantum MacGregor and brain uncertainty

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-380

  MacGregor, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Chaos model; Consciousness; Neuroscience; Quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHAOS THEORY; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; HUMAN; NERVE TRACT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33751412611     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635206001215     Document Type: Article

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