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Consciousness is enabled by the functional connectivity of normal brain networks, which relies on energetic-metabolic processes involving glucose (along with ATP and γ-aminobutyrate/glutamate), as directly stated in [1] and [2].

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Theories and Methods of Consciousness biomedres.us Paul C Mocombe · Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research 2 facts
quoteChen et al. state: “The energetic-metabolic processes focusing on [adenosine triphosphate] ATP, glucose, and γ -aminobutyrate/ glutamate are [also] indispensable for functional connectivity (FC) of normal brain networks that renders consciousness possible.”
claimEnergetic-metabolic processes involving adenosine triphosphate (ATP), glucose, and γ-aminobutyrate/glutamate are indispensable for the functional connectivity of normal brain networks that enables consciousness.