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Did you know human overies contain neurons? I suppose memories are not stored there :-) but still the fact is rather surprising.
by Roark66 4mo ago
Did you know human overies contain neurons? I suppose memories are not stored there :-) but still the fact is rather surprising.
- j45 4mo agoThe heart has neurons in it too.
- adrianN 4mo agoI believe there are tastebuds in your colon too.
- Earw0rm 4mo agoAFAIK the gut in large terrestrial vertebrates has its own nervous system that rivals the complexity of the entire system in simpler creatures. The idea that all stateful/regulatory stuff is entirely localised to the brain is a bit too simple to be true. Most of it, sure, but that last few percent can be doing all sorts of clinically important stuff. Nature is an incredibly brilliant engineer, but not always a tidy one.
- Roark66 3mo agoI actually believe you... I was sure I can taste certain spicy things on their way out if you know what I mean :-D
- HarHarVeryFunny 4mo agoThat's interesting, but bear in mind that sensory neurons are basically just transducers that sense something and convert it into a neural output. It makes sense that a woman's brain would find it useful to know when she is ovulating.