Quantum Information Processes in Protein Microtubules of Brain NeuronsShow others and affiliations
2016 (English)In: 3rd International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering, 2016, p. 245-249Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
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Text
Abstract [en]
We study biologically 'orchestrated' coherent quantum processes in collections of protein microtubules of brain neurons, which correlate with, and regulate, neuronal synaptic and membrane activity. In this situation the continuous Schrodinger evolution of each such process terminates in accordance with the specific Diosi-Penrose (DP) scheme of 'objective reduction' ('OR') of the quantum state. This orchestrated OR activity ('Orch OR') is taken to result in moments of conscious awareness and/or choice. We analyze Orch OR in light of advances and developments in quantum physics, computational neuroscience and quantum biology. Much attention is also devoted to the 'beat frequencies' of faster microtubule vibrations as a possible source of the observed electro-encephalographic ('EEG') correlates of consciousness.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016. p. 245-249
Series
IFMBE Proceedings, ISSN 1680-0737 ; 55
Keywords [en]
quantum information processes, quantum consciousness, protein microtubules of brain neurons
National Category
Mathematics Biophysics
Research subject
Natural Science, Mathematics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-49721DOI: 10.1007/978-981-287-736-9_60ISI: 000367995500058Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84951264454ISBN: 978-981-287-736-9 (print)ISBN: 978-981-287-735-2 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-49721DiVA, id: diva2:902923
Conference
3rd International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering (ICNBME), SEP 23-26, 2015, Chisinau, MOLDOVA
2016-02-122016-02-122025-02-20Bibliographically approved