The apical dendrite theory of consciousness

Neural Networks

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1004-1020

  LaBerge, David ^a   Kasevich, Ray ^a  

^a Bard College at Simon's Rock   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical dendrite; Consciousness; Electric and magnetic fields; Minicolumn

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STABILIZATION; SURFACES;

APICAL DENDRITE; CONSCIOUSNESS; MINICOLUMNS;

DENDRIMERS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; DENDRITE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DENDRITES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 35848955417     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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