title: Quantum mechanics and brain uncertainty.
abstract: This paper argues that molecular governing structures (such as receptors, gating molecules, or ionic channels) which operate pervasively in the brain, often with small number particle systems (as, for example, at the surfaces of membranes, synaptic clefts, or macromolecules), may plausibly be vehicles for the transmutation of quantum mechanical fluctuations to normal-level neural signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, 38 Rock Ridge Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122-2007, USA. ronaldjmacgregor@msn.com
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Macgregor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011789:Quantum Theory; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000502:physiology; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*; D035501:Uncertainty
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter