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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
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From: Synaptic microenvironment and altered state of consciousness in schizophrenia: a possible link between synapse geometry and orchestrated objective reduction theory

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Orch-OR and microtubules. Each neuron receives and integrates synaptic inputs as membrane potentials. Subsequently, actin filaments connect to cytoskeletal microtubules in main dendrite. Dendritic microtubules (right) are arranged in local networks, interconnected by microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). Adjacent dendrites are connected by gap junction electrical synapses in “dendritic web”, showing internal cytoskeletal microtubules connected by microtubule-associated proteins (Hameroff S, Penrose R. Consciousness in the universe: a review of the 'Orch OR' theory. Phys Life Rev. 2014 Mar;11(1):39–78)

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