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concept:ion-channelsIon Channels
Proteins that set membrane potential; function as transistors with historicity, forming the hardware of bioelectric networks.
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- Bioelectric Networksassociated_withAncient mechanism using ion channels, gap junctions, and neurotransmitters as 'cognitive glue' enabling collective intelligence across morphogenesis and behavior.
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- Bioelectricityassociated_withimplementsProposed 'cognitive glue' common to both neural and developmental collective intelligence; implemented by ion channels and electrical synapses.
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- Cellular machinery controlling resting potential and voltage dynamics; manipulable via drugs or optogenetics to modulate morphogenetic outcomes.
- Pharmacological modulation of ion channels (e.g., barium for K+ channels) used to perturb morphogenesis.
- Microinjection of ion channel mRNAs to manipulate transmembrane voltage gradients in embryos.
- Experimental techniques to alter Vmem and gap junction states, enabling functional studies of bioelectric pattern memory.
- Ion channels enable electrical communication in bacterial communities (Prindle et al. 2015)finding0.794Bacteria use similar bioelectric mechanisms to metazoans to coordinate collective behavior.
- Experimental technique to induce bioelectric state changes and measure consequences for collective decision-making (morphogenesis, cancer, organ formation).