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Quantum mechanics is related to exocytosis because it is used as a theoretical framework to describe the statistical processes of neurotransmitter release [1]. Specifically, researchers like Friedrich Beck, John Eccles, and Matthew Fisher have developed models applying standard quantum mechanics to the mechanism of exocytosis [2], [3].
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Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimExocytosis, the process of releasing transmitters in the presynaptic terminal to initiate information flow between neurons, can be described statistically using thermodynamics or quantum mechanics.
claimThe quantum consciousness approach developed by Friedrich Beck and John Eccles, and refined by Matthew Fisher, provides a detailed application of standard quantum mechanics to the process of exocytosis.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimThe approach by Beck and Eccles applies standard quantum mechanics to the process of exocytosis, but it does not solve the problem of how the activity of single synapses enters the dynamics of neural assemblies, and it leaves mental causation of quantum processes as a mere claim.