For Hudetz, the key going forward is testing whether molecular events
inside microtubules actually relate to the quantum events as Hameroff proposes.
Not exact matches
Building from two subunits, alpha and beta tubulin, this protein assembles into
microtubules that play a vital role
inside cells — giving structure, pushing or pulling other things around, or providing a track on which other molecules can pull themselves along.
However, the greater theory serves as something of a distraction from some of Hameroff's ideas: that quantum physics might play a non-trivial role in human cognition and consciousness, and that
microtubules — activity
inside the neuron — could house these quantum happenings.
Orch - OR, on the other hand, suggests that consciousness originates from quantum interactions in the
microtubules inside each cell.
And
inside each axon is a bundle of nanowires, including the
microtubule.
The next set of experiments was to apply various electrical charges and watch the «skin» of the neuron as well as the
inside of the
microtubule.
First the oocyte constructs the scaffolding of connections known as
microtubules, which allow molecules to move around
inside the cell.
Every cell in our bodies contains a railway network, a system of tiny tracks called
microtubules that run between important destinations
inside the cell and allow cargo to be carried from one place to another, reports Professor Rob Cross, Professor of Mechanochemical Cell Biology at Warwick Medical School.
Normally, enzymes
inside neurons are constantly taking apart
microtubules and building new ones with the recycled parts.
Professor Rob Cross, Professor of Mechanochemical Cell Biology at Warwick Medical School, said: «Every cell in our bodies contains a railway network, a system of tiny tracks called
microtubules that run between important destinations
inside the cell and allow cargo to be carried from one place to another.
Microtubules are highly dynamic rods that can move things around
inside the cell, but can also poke the nucleus.
Inside cells there are tiny motor engines that ride on thin rods called
microtubules.
Tubulin proteins form hollow tubes
inside cells called
microtubules that provide cytoskeletal structure and also act as a highway system for cellular traffic.
Like actin,
microtubules possess directionality because their subunits attach in a head - to - tail fashion — and
inside the cell, the
microtubule filaments are arranged in a characteristic way.