Excitatory GABA
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, otherwise more commonly known by its acronym, “GABA,” is a primary neurotransmitter of the central nervous system. While most of us may be more familiar with the concept […]
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A New Study Finds that the Jelly, Not the Sponge, May Lie at the Base of the Animal Evolutionary Tree
I’m afraid, my dear friends, I will have to bow out of writing an extensive blog for this week. Not only are my knees figuratively giving way under the weight […]
Okay, Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One: A Sea Squirt and a Sponge Walk into a Bar…
“For nature moves continuously from lifeless things through things that are alive but not animals.” ~Aristotle Aristotle was fascinated by sponges. He could never quite figure out what they were […]
Mutations on the Brain!!!
I’ve talked a lot about DNA mutations, transposons and retrotransposons, microsatellite repeat sequences in cancer and autism, and even somatic mosaicism on this blog. But I haven’t really talked about […]
Science Over a Cuppa 
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