# Testing quantum-like markers in neural dynamics

## TL;DR

This paper proposes experiments to detect quantum signatures in neural activity by comparing classical and quantum models of neural signal propagation.

## Contribution

It introduces two experimental approaches to identify quantum markers in neural data using quantum variants of neural equations.

## Key findings

- Power spectra from neuronal cultures may follow quantum or classical models.
- Propagation statistics in axons could reveal quantum or classical behavior.
- The experiments aim to distinguish quantum effects in neural dynamics.

## Abstract

We propose two experiments for identifying quantum markers in neural data based on quantum variants of well-known equations for neural activity that describe electrical signal propagation on axonal arbors and dendrites. These include (i) testing if power spectra from subthreshold oscillations in neuronal cultures follow the classical Fitzgugh-Nagumo equations or a recently introduced quantum variant of them and (ii) testing if propagation statistics of electrical activity in axons follow the classical diffusive cable equation or a quantum variant of it.