Consciousness and the structure of matter

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-116

  Macgregor, Ronald J ^a   Vimal, Ram Lakhan Pandey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Vision Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Chaos model; Consciousness; Glutamate; Physics; Protoexperience; Quantum theory; Strings

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHAOS THEORY; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXISTENTIALISM; EXPERIENCE; GLIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPIL; NEUROSCIENCE; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; PREDICTION; QUANTUM THEORY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 44049096230     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635208001733     Document Type: Article

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