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- From: jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez)
- Subject: Re: Robitussin
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 07:19:44 GMT
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- domnatr@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kane) writes:
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- >synapses: neuroelectrical signals related to conscious thought, motor
- > responses, general mental activity
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- [and other definitions... and then:]
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- >Got it? Good. I didn't think all those 'brain-related' terms were that
- >hard.
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- If you are going to be condescending it really pays to be accurate.
- Your definition of "synapse" is wrong, as far as I can tell. It's not a
- signal, it's a place. Just to make sure I cracked open a dictionary.
- It says "the locus at which a signal passes from the axon of one neuron
- to the dendrites of another."
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- And if I recall aright:
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- Locus: place
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- Axon: long skinny thing
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- Dendrites: little branchy things
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- Neuron: brain cell that helps you think
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- In general, if you mellow out a bit people will give you more slack.
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