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Cells
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Endrocrine cells have neither dendrites nor axons, but many are like neurons in other ways. Some are electrically exitable: when pancreatic beta cells see an increase in extracellular glucose concentration they fire in bursts of spikes that are like the phasic bursts of vasopressin neurons; these bursts lead to calcium entry and trigger insulin secretion. In both neurons and endocrine cells, peptides are packages in vesicles just as neurotransmitters are. Typically, peptide secretion is the resu
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― The Heart of the Brain: The Hypothalamus and Its Hormones
― The Heart of the Brain: The Hypothalamus and Its Hormones
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For double X humans, our motley nature is usually less obvious, but we are genetic calicos. Every cell hosting a dormant sister. Every cell with the echo of what it could've been.
Inside each of us, another animal, sleeping.
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― Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology
― Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology
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