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Thats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_reflex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_reflex The "decition" is made by the spinal cord. It's not surpr
by gus_massa 9mo ago
Thats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_reflex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_reflex
The "decition" is made by the spinal cord. It's not surprising if you imagine that the brain is an oversized part of the spinal cord.
See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganglion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganglion
- MichaelZuo 9mo agoIf it’s known some kind of decision making, so to speak, was happening via electrical signals in the spinal cord… why is it suprising that it happens in other types of cells too?
- gus_massa 9mo agoNeurons can do more operations than normal cells. If I can make a bad approximation: * Making circuits with normal cells is like making circuits with resistors and capacitors. * Making circuits with neurons is like adding transistors to the mix. (Please don't take this analogy too seriously, probably biologist and electricians are writing angry replies now.)
- rolph 9mo agoyou are making sense with it, here read this: Electrically Excitable Cells https://neurotext.library.stonybrook.edu/C4/C4_1/C4_1.html https://neurotext.library.stonybrook.edu/C4/C4_1/C4_1.html