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Mr. McD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 01:07 PM
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Discovery Challenges Thinking on Key Brain Function
<A new study finds that a cell once believed to serve neurons instead may perform the crucial function of regulating blood flow in the brain.

<Recent experiments, however, revealed that astrocytes form connections with blood vessels and control the flow of nutrients, including <oxygen, to neurons. When brain activity increases, neurons trigger astrocytes to release calcium, which in turn affects other chemical <messengers that can cause blood vessels to either dilate or contract.

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060106_astrocytes_blood.html
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 01:16 PM
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1. There seems to be a pathogen, a fungi, or someother triggering
mechanism affecting whole groups of people....

when large groups reject facts and adhere to fiction...fantasy....its a clue....and the finger points to the Pubs being affected.
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