The Synaptic Frontier
Welcome to a blog that lives at the intersection of two of science’s most profound frontiers: Neuroscience & Quantum Biology:
☛ Explore Neuroscience ☚
☛ Explore Quantum Biology ☚
We journey into the architecture of the mind, exploring how networks of neurons give rise to thought, memory, and consciousness. Then, we dive deeper—to the subatomic layer where life’s machinery operates. Here, we investigate the emerging possibility that quantum phenomena—like coherence, tunneling, and entanglement—might play a role in the very foundations of biological sensing, navigation, and perhaps even cognition itself.
From the brain’s vast neural circuits to the quantum vibrations within a single protein, this blog is your guide to understanding how life, at every scale, might be harnessing the strange laws of the quantum world to function. Join us as we explore the science of how we think, and the deeper physics of how we are.
This framework is organised by the primary cognitive or behavioural domain that is disrupted, linking it to the typical brain regions involved and example conditions. Category 1: Disorders of Memory (The Amnesias) These disorders...
The core principle of neurophysiology is the generation, transmission, and integration of electrical and chemical signals within the nervous system. Diseases disrupt this at various levels: the neuron, the synapse, neural networks, or overall...
For centuries, the nature of consciousness has been the domain of philosophers and theologians. In the 20th century, neuroscience took the helm, proposing that consciousness is an emergent property of the brain’s complex neural...
