Study Sheds Some Light on How Anesthesia Might Work

Since the mystery of anesthesia has been mentioned in debates on consciousmess, I thought it prudent to share news of a study by Weill Cornell Medical College which has found that anesthetics alter ion channel proteins, important in cell-to-cell communication, without altering cell membranes.

I don't know what that means, but here's the link: http://www.psypost.org/2014/11/study-offers-new-clue-anesthesia-works-29454

I really like Luca Turin's theory that it is the combined quantum spin of a molecule which allows us to identify it's odor through quantum tunneling - great video explanation here. More recently, Turin also believes a similar process explains how anesthetics work on consciousness, by allowing electrons to tunnel out of the hydrophobic rings of tubulin proteins. He released a paper last year, and I think he's definitely onto something. Hameroff and Turin dislike each other but the theories overlap somewhat in the importance of cilia, and other microtubule protein structures.
 
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