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Quantum physics motivated neurobiology
| dc.creator | Mershin, Andreas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:00:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:00:25Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2000 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2000-THESIS-M47 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-51). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This research addresses the question of what role might quantum phenomena play in the brain. Recent progress in understanding brain function in terms of its basic cellular and subcellular (microtubules) components will be discussed. A preliminary model for the way memory operates will be presented. The engram i.e. the functional and structural change in the brain representing an enduring memory trace will be identified at the molecular level. Experimental work on Drosophila will be presented, where we seek to directly identify structural changes in the fly brain as a result of memory encoding. Our new model is a result of an orchestrated effort, a collaboration between neurobiology and quantum physics at both the theoretical and experimental levels. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | physics. | en |
| dc.subject | Major physics. | en |
| dc.title | Quantum physics motivated neurobiology | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | physics | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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