Cortical synaptic basis of consciousness
Min Zhuo
Department of Pharmacology, Qingdao University School of Pharmacy,
Qingdao, Shandong 266073, China
Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical
University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto,
Toronto, ON, Canada
Correspondence: minzhuo10@gmail.com
Running title: Synaptic hypothesis of consciousness
Keywords: consciousness; cortex; thalamus; synaptic
plasticity; LTP; pain, ACC