Bioinorganic life and neural activity: Toward a chemistry of consciousness?

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 535-538

  Chang, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 85019540916     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00531     Document Type: Review

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