Astrocytes and human cognition: modeling information integration and modulation of neuronal activity

A Pereira Jr, FA Furlan - Progress in neurobiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent research focusing on the participation of astrocytes in glutamatergic tripartite
synapses has revealed mechanisms that support cognitive functions common to human and …

The computational power of the human brain

PJ Gebicke-Haerter - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
At the end of the 20th century, analog systems in computer science have been widely
replaced by digital systems due to their higher computing power. Nevertheless, the question …

Consciousness in the universe is scale invariant and implies an event horizon of the human brain

DKF Meijer, HJH Geesink - NeuroQuantology, 2017 - research.rug.nl
Our brain is not a" stand alone" information processing organ: it acts as a central part of our
integral nervous system with recurrent information exchange with the entire organism and …

Biophysics of consciousness: A scale-invariant acoustic information code of a superfluid quantum space guides the mental attribute of the universe

DKF Meijer, I Jerman, AV Melkikh, VI Sbitnev - Rhythmic oscillations in …, 2021 - Springer
In this chapter, we postulate an integral concept of information processing in the universe,
on the basis of a new biophysical principle, coined the generalized music (GM)-scale of EMF …

On the role of synchrony for neuron–astrocyte interactions and perceptual conscious processing

A Pereira, FA Furlan - Journal of biological physics, 2009 - Springer
Recent research on brain correlates of cognitive processes revealed the occurrence of
global synchronization during conscious processing of sensory stimuli. In spite of …

[PDF][PDF] Phonon Guided Biology. Architecture of Life and Conscious Perception Are Mediated by Toroidal Coupling of Phonon, Photon and Electron Information Fluxes …

DKF Meijer, JH Geesink - NeuroQuantology, 2016 - researchgate.net
Recently, a novel biological principle, revealing specific electromagnetic (EM) radiation
frequencies that sustain life, was presented by us on the basis of an evaluation of 175 …

Proto-experiences and subjective experiences: Classical and quantum concepts

RLP Vimal - Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2008 - World Scientific
Deterministic reductive monism and non-reductive substance dualism are two opposite
views for consciousness, and both have serious problems. An alternative view is needed …

[HTML][HTML] Astrocyte domains and the three-dimensional and seamless expression of consciousness and explicit memories

JM Robertson - Medical hypotheses, 2013 - Elsevier
The expression of consciousness and the site of memory storage within the brain are
unknown despite over a century of intense empirical scrutiny. Recent anatomical studies …

The gliocentric brain

JM Robertson - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Neuron Doctrine, the cornerstone of research on normal and abnormal brain functions
for over a century, has failed to discern the basis of complex cognitive functions. The location …

Astroglial hydro-ionic waves guided by the extracellular matrix: An exploratory model

A Pereira Jr - Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Calcium waves are generated from the astrocyte endoplasmatic reticulum, in response to
neuronal electrochemical stimulation. The waves feed back on neurons, modulating …