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Microtubules: The Gateway To Consciousness | Stuart Hameroff
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Consciousness and Anesthesia Effects
The third wave of consciousness, inhibited by anesthesia, occurs in the brain as an alpha EEG wave, approximately 10 hertz, propagating from dendrites as spiral waves. This wave suppresses the second wave if the input is predicted, preventing discomfort from repetitive stimuli. Research by George Mashour's group at the University of Michigan and Earl Miller at MIT shows that anesthesia, including gas, ketamine, and propofol, blocks only the third wave, correlating its presence with consciousness.
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