Computational myths and mysteries that have grown around microtubule in the last half a century and their possible verification

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 509-515

  Sahu, Satyajit ^a   Ghosh, Subrata ^a   Fujita, Daisuke ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Anirban ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular Automaton; Ferroelectric Memory; Microtubule; Orch Or

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COMPUTING; CELLULAR FUNCTION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FERROELECTRIC MEMORY; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE; HARDWARE COMPONENTS; HUMAN BRAIN; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; INTELLIGENT DECISIONS; LIVING CELL; MICROTUBULES; ORCH-OR; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; SEQUENTIAL ALGORITHM; SINGLE CELLS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84856864308     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2011.1716     Document Type: Article

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