TY - JOUR
T1 - Bioinorganic life and neural activity
T2 - Toward a chemistry of consciousness?
AU - Chang, Christopher J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2017/3/21
Y1 - 2017/3/21
N2 - Identifying what elements are required for neural activity as potential path toward consciousness, which represents life with the state or quality of awareness, is a "Holy Grail" of chemistry. As life itself arises from coordinated interactions between elements across the periodic table, the majority of which are metals, new approaches for analysis, binding, and control of these primary chemical entities can help enrich our understanding of inorganic chemistry in living systems in a context that is both universal and personal.
AB - Identifying what elements are required for neural activity as potential path toward consciousness, which represents life with the state or quality of awareness, is a "Holy Grail" of chemistry. As life itself arises from coordinated interactions between elements across the periodic table, the majority of which are metals, new approaches for analysis, binding, and control of these primary chemical entities can help enrich our understanding of inorganic chemistry in living systems in a context that is both universal and personal.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00531
DO - 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00531
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28945425
AN - SCOPUS:85019540916
SN - 0001-4842
VL - 50
SP - 535
EP - 538
JO - Accounts of chemical research
JF - Accounts of chemical research
IS - 3
ER -