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> 2. Neurons are the definitive difference between the brain and the rest of the body. There is “other stuff” in the brain, but it’s not so different from the “
by jwestbury 3y ago
> 2. Neurons are the definitive difference between the brain and the rest of the body. There is “other stuff” in the brain, but it’s not so different from the “other stuff” that’s in your rear end.
Our digestive systems appear to be important to our behaviour, though. Some recent work in mice showed that if colonised with bacteria from faeces of humans with autism, the mice would begin to show autistic behaviours.
So, not sure your argument here is especially strong.
- hanspeter 3y agoThe role that digestive systems potentially play for our behavior is via neurotransmitters, so in the end it is the neurons, that are responsible. If the study you mention show something else, I would actually be very interested in a source.