A neuron as a quantum-optical device: A model

Influence of a nanorod molecular layer on the biological activity of neuronal cells. A semiclassical model for complex solid/liquid interfaces with carbon nanotubes

“…If opportunely extended, statistical field theory could also describe neural networks as a ''cascade'' of field dynamics [26]. Among the further investigations appeared in this last dozen of years, there is (still) a proposal to regard neurons as optical devices, which would process the biological signals not only by electrochemical means [27]. Proteins and amino-acids contain polar groups, whose electric dipoles would variously respond to external fields.…”