Quantum computers process multiple possibilities at once, unlike traditional computers. Quantum properties like entanglement ...

Microtubules are the largest type of filament ... For example, neurofilaments are found specifically in neurons (most prominently in the long axons of these cells), desmin filaments are found ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

The Penrose-Hameroff Orch OR model places the essential aspect of consciousness at the level of quantum computation in microtubules within the brain's neurons. "Tubulin" proteins comprising ...

Several years ago, researchers determined that left-handed people have right-brain hemisphere ... has shown that microtubules ...

In a recent study published in Nature Metabolism, researchers identified distinct neuronal populations in the hippocampus (HPC) responsive to sugars or fats. Survival depends upon sufficient food ...

Nerve fibers (axons) transmit brain and spinal cord signals through ... the balance between detyrosinated and tyrosinated ...

leading to the degeneration and death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the midbrain. To ameliorate motor symptoms in patients, a common clinical approach, deep brain stimulation ...