Electron Transfers and Holographic Molecules: Why Neuroscientists Should Take Quantum Phenomena into Consideration

Abstract

Discoveries concerning the neurotransmission mode of the nerve impulse contributed a lot to the development of modern neurosciences. Neurons release chemical agents, such as neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, which bind to receptors of their target cells, enabling, thus, propagation of nerve impulse from cell to cell. In the nervous system, intercellular exchanges of information take place as bindings of ions or molecules to receptor proteins. These bindings induce changes in the conformation of the proteins which can, in this way, integrate and memorize physical and chemical alterations affecting the surrounding neurons. The researches on learning and memory are based on these concepts. However, the revolutionary advances in quantum physics allowed new hypotheses to be addressed in the functioning of the nervous system, particularly in the brain. Indeed, new technologies based on the application of quantum mechanics were recently devised, such as scanning tunneling microscopy and transient absorption spectroscopy. The use of these methods revealed that quantum particles, like electrons, might play so far unknown roles in the biological processes. Thus, electron transfers by tunneling effect have been evidenced between molecules of the photosynthetic and respiratory chains, retina and DNA. Moreover, such biophysical investigations established that proteins could function as holographic media, integrating and recording multiple particles emissions. These data suggest that, in the nervous system, a single molecule might integrate and memorize, in the shape of wave interference figures, a gigantic amount of physical and chemical signals arising from its surrounding medium.

Heteroligand Metal Complexes with Extended Redox Properties Based on Redox-Active Chelating Ligands of o-Quinone Type and Ferrocene

“…Much attention is paid to the study of reactions with electron transfer, which are of crucial importance in many fundamental catalytic and biochemical processes, including photosynthesis, respiration, the transmission of nerve impulses, etc. [79][80][81][82][83][84][85]. Among the model systems studied, ferrocene derivatives and ferrocene-containing complexes occupy a special place [47].…”

Do Receptor Proteins Store Holographic Data in the Brain?

“…In a previous report (Anglade et al, 2014), we discussed the putative significance of the introduction of quantum physics in neurosciences. Since atomic particles are the substructure of the molecules, phenomena predicted by the laws of quantum mechanics certainly play a major role in brain functioning (Tarlacı, 2011;Tarlacı and Pregnolato, 2015).…”

“…Indeed, recent data substantiated the presence of tunneling electron transfers between oxidationreduction centers of proteins and the functioning of photosensitive proteins as holographic molecules (Gray and Winkler, 2005; . Beside their general interest in biology, these results may trigger a renewal in the concepts of molecular learning and memory (Anglade et al, 2014). Until now, the properties of quantum particles, such as photons and electrons, are used to devise sophisticated tools of investigation of the brain, for example devices of holographic optogenetic stimulation (Shoham, 2010).…”