Cell response to electric field (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Wednesday, April 03, 2013, 21:55 (4253 days ago) @ George Jelliss

Just came across this news item via twitter:
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> http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/04/01/in-nerve-cells-an-energy... 
> A new energy source found in nerve cells. 
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> "It propels the molecular "motors" that drag neurotransmitters from the nucleus where they're made. The "motors" are assemblies of molecules. They walk like clumsy robots, with a staggering gait, dragging a capsule of neurotransmitter "bullets" along microtubule "highways" between nucleus and synapses."
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> Weird stuff! Chemical robots with built-in batteries? Not minds though!-This is the same article I entered on april 1st: Monday, April 01, 2013, 20:54 -It is all automatic, nothing mental as George says.


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