Orchestrated reduction of quantum coherence in brain microtubules: A model for consciousness

NeuroQuantology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Hameroff, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computation; Consciousness; Microtubules; Neurons; Orchestrated objective reduction

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COMPUTER; CONSCIOUSNESS; DENDRITE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; THEORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 54949124967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13035150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14704/nq.2007.5.1.114     Document Type: Article

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