Genomic instantiation of consciousness in neurons through a biophoton field theory

Abstract

A theoretical framework is developed based on the premise that brains evolved into su±ciently complex adaptive systems capable of instantiating genomic consciousness through self-awareness and complex interactions that recognize qualitatively the controlling factors of biological processes. Furthermore, our hypothesis assumes that the collective interactions in neurons yield macroergic e®ects, which can produce su±ciently strong electric energy¯elds for electronic excitations to take place on the surface of endogenous structures via alpha-helical integral proteins as electro-solitons. Speci¯cally the process of radiative relaxation of the electro-solitons allows for the transfer of energy via interactions with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules to induce conformational changes in DNA molecules producing an ultra weak non-thermal spontaneous emission of coherent biophotons through a quantum e®ect. The instantiation of coherent biophotons con¯ned in spaces of DNA molecules guides the biophoton¯eld to be instantaneously conducted along the axonal and neuronal arbors and in-between neurons and throughout the cerebral cortex (cortico-thalamic system) and subcortical areas (e.g., midbrain and hindbrain). Thus providing an informational character of the electric coherence of the brain À À À referred to as quantum coherence. The biophoton¯eld is realized as a conscious¯eld upon the re-absorption of biophotons by exciplex states of DNA molecules. Such quantum phenomenon brings about self-awareness and enables objectivity to have access to subjectivity in the unconscious. As such, subjective experiences can be recalled to consciousness as subjective conscious experiences or qualia through co-operative interactions between exciplex states of DNA molecules and biophotons leading to metabolic activity and energy transfer across proteins as a result of protein-ligand binding during protein-protein communication. The biophoton¯eld as a conscious¯eld is attributable to the resultant e®ect of specifying qualia from the metabolic energy¯eld that is transported in macromolecular proteins throughout speci¯c networks of neurons that are constantly transforming into more stable associable representations as molecular solitons. The metastability of subjective experiences based on resonant dynamics occurs when bottom-up patterns of neocortical excitatory activity are matched with top-down expectations as adaptive dynamic pressures. These dynamics of on-going activity patterns in°uenced by the environment and selected as the preferred subjective experience in *Corresponding author.Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2014) terms of a functional¯eld through functional interactions and biological laws are realized as subjectivity and actualized through functional integration as qualia. It is concluded that interactionism and not information processing is the key in understanding how consciousness bridges the explanatory gap between subjective experiences and their neural correlates in the transcendental brain.

Neurons versus Networks: The Interplay between Individual Neurons and Neural Networks in Cognitive Functions

“…My main goal was to argue that future progress in this field is likely to benefit from a paradigmal shift toward cell biology. In this context, it may be interesting to bring attention to theoretical studies linking the mechanisms of cognitive functions, including human consciousness, with quantum processes within brain neurons (Cacha and Poznanski 2014; Hagan and others 2002; Hameroff 2001, 2014; Liberman and others 1989). Unlike theoretical analysis of neural networks, these studies remain outside the mainstream of cognitive neuroscience.…”

Emission of Biophotons and Adjustable Sounds by the Fascial System: Review and Reflections for Manual Therapy

“… 20 One hypothesis is based on the idea that the collective interaction of electric excitation that occurs on the endogenous cell surface through intrinsic protein structures (alpha-helical integral protein), can form an electron-soliton, that is, a solitary self-reinforcing electric wave; propagation of such an additional wave allows the transfer of energy to the DNA (DNA is a liquid crystal), inducing conformational changes in it that will produce biophotons. 28 , 42 The biophotons thus produced, are sent along the axonal and neuronal ramifications, between and within the neurons, and throughout the central nervous system. 42 The neurons contain various light-sensitive neurotransmitters (tryptophan, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and other molecules), and it is difficult to imagine that the nervous system is not affected by the phenomenon of UPE and that such conduction of photons does not transport encoded information.…”

“… 28 , 42 The biophotons thus produced, are sent along the axonal and neuronal ramifications, between and within the neurons, and throughout the central nervous system. 42 The neurons contain various light-sensitive neurotransmitters (tryptophan, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and other molecules), and it is difficult to imagine that the nervous system is not affected by the phenomenon of UPE and that such conduction of photons does not transport encoded information. 26 , 43 This conduction mechanism is probably influenced by the orientation of the nerve fiber, and occurs with greater emphasis in the white matter of the brain.…”

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“…In field theories in physics, however, each point of a particular region of the presumed space-time continuum, as well as all interactions between elementary objects, are objectively measurable and accounted for mathematically. This cannot be claimed by any current theory of consciousness, including the field theories (e.g., Köhler, 1940;Lashley et al, 1951;Fingelkurts and Fingelkurts, 2002;John, 2002;McFadden, 2002;Cacha and Poznanski, 2014). These will not be reviewed in detail again here, as an excellent review has been provided earlier by Pockett (2013) earlier.…”

“…In field theories of consciousness (e.g., Köhler, 1940 ; Cacha and Poznanski, 2014 among others), the latter is conceived in terms of a field in the sense in which it is used in quantum or particle physics, where the notion of “field” applies to all fundamental forces and relationships between elementary particles within a unifying theoretical framework where the forces lead to energy fields that occupy space-time and mediate interactions between elementary particles. In field theories of consciousness the latter is, similarly, seen as having duration and extension in space.…”