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Cat purring: What are some possible underlying mechanisms behind purring and bone remodeling and formation?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-do-cats-purr
The article above says that cats purr mostly when they're wounded or under duress. They hypothesis that cats purring leads to ...
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Patch-Clamping Neurons Resources
Are there any lectures available on Patch-Clamping?
Were can I find a mathematical model of Patch-Clamp? (that can be easily implemented in matlab).
I have found some step-by-step protocols on ...
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Why is most tissue cellular?
Most tissue is comprised of cells. Why? It would seem inefficient to have so many individual nucleus, membranes, etc.?
Specifically: Not all tissue is cellular. Much tissue is extracellular matrix. ...
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What gaseous substances do humans emit?
Other than CO2 and Methane what other gases do humans produce or emit?
For example, does skin decomposition, or aerobic respiration emit any special gases that people don't normally realize or know ...
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What is itching?
What exactly at the molecular level is itching? What physiological function does itching serve, if any? I cant remember the reference but a PLCb3 null mice lost the itch phenotype, so presumably it is ...
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What triggers meiosis in gonadal cells?
What specific biochemical processes are involved in inducing meiosis rather than mitosis? Why are gonadal cells the only cells in the human body which do undergo meiosis?
