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Med Gas Res

ISSN 2045-9912

1 paper in the library · publishing 2025

Papers

Old theory, new evidence: inhalational anesthetics disrupt a collective quantum state of intraneuronal microtubules to cause unconsciousness.

Med Gas Res August 18, 2025

A new theory proposes that inhalational anesthetics cause unconsciousness by disrupting a collective quantum state within microtubules inside neurons. This challenges conventional views that anesthetics act primarily on synaptic receptors.

DOI: 10.4103/mgr.medgasres-d-25-00111 Full text