Anesthetics and plants: no pain, no brain, and therefore no consciousness

Plants have a rich variety of interactions with their environment, including adaptive responses mediated by electrical signaling. This has prompted claims that information processing in plants is similar to that in animals and, hence, that plants are conscious, intelligent organisms. In several rece...

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Main Authors: Draguhn, Andreas (Author) , Mallatt, Jon M. (Author) , Robinson, David G. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Protoplasma
Year: 2021, Volume: 258, Issue: 2, Pages: 239-248
ISSN:1615-6102
DOI:10.1007/s00709-020-01550-9
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-020-01550-9
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Author Notes:Andreas Draguhn, Jon M. Mallatt, David G. Robinson

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