Quantum consciousness and a-quantum consciousness: a hypothesis for interpretation

Beyond the conviction that the origin of major depression can be found in genetics (1-3) a biomolecular mechanism could be hypothesized, based on what emerged from the studies on platelet fatty acid composition in humans (normal and depressive subjects), which allowed depressive disorder (4) to be classified using an artificial neural network (Self Organizing Map – SOM), (5) as a mathematical tool, because of the complexity of the membrane dynamics.

Rapid changes in membrane lipid composition or in the cytoskeleton could modify neuronal signalling. With the knowledge of having found something that could have implications for the understanding of some aspects of psychiatric disorders, a very suggestive hypothesis was built as summarized in Figure 1.