nico

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I'm a researcher in neuroendocrinology

I'm interested in all that regards pattern recognition, time series analysis, rhythms etc.

My current research focuses in the exploration and modulation of the neuro-endocrine patterns that contribute to the generation of hormone pulsatility.

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Feb 8	awarded	Nice Answer
Feb 2	answered	How do caspase proteins kill a cell?
Jan 31	awarded	Enthusiast
Jan 30	comment	How does an inhibitory synapse communicate to the cell body of a neuron? I think the answer provided by @yamad answers your concern very well
Jan 30	answered	How does an inhibitory synapse communicate to the cell body of a neuron?
Jan 28	comment	Are there any examples of sudden leaps in evolution? @Alexander Galkin: wouldn't you consider evolution a fish evolving into a land animal and losing the ability to breathe under water?
Jan 27	comment	How are the gene sequences of individual sperm and egg cells “randomized”? A brief explanation of the process would improve the answer a lot.
Jan 27	comment	What are the constraints when growing an artificial brain? It is already very difficult to grow neurons in culture, let alone having them form a brain.
Jan 24	comment	Could an “overactive” brain increase the chances of Alzheimer's Disease? High synaptic activity doesn't necessarily mean hyperactivity. You can have an high inhibitory tone, for instance.
Jan 23	comment	Why have humans evolved much more quickly than other animals? Would be better to link to some original papers like: An RNA gene expressed during cortical development evolved rapidly in humans.
Jan 22	awarded	Enlightened
Jan 22	comment	If D1 receptors stimulate adenylate cyclase (through GPCRs) and D2 receptors inhibit it, then why do mutations in both have similar effects? @InquilineKea: they probably do, but the result may be indirect and dependent on other factors. I do not know enough about that to give you a proper answer though
Jan 22	comment	If D1 receptors stimulate adenylate cyclase (through GPCRs) and D2 receptors inhibit it, then why do mutations in both have similar effects? There are two problems with your hypothesis: 1) you cannot assume that the same receptor will be involved in the same process all over the brain and 2) you cannot assume that something as complex as attention span be the result of the action of only one receptor.
Jan 21	comment	How is eye color in humans inherited? This answer is so close to be good... why don't you expand a little on what those genes do and how they influence color? I know you linked the papers but it would be much nicer if the answer were self-sufficient. For instance you could say that OCA2 encodes for the P protein, a (supposed) Tyr transporter that allows Tyr, a precursor of the brown pigment melanin, to get into the cells.
Jan 19	answered	When does oxidation destroy prions?
Jan 19	comment	When does oxidation destroy prions? Just to add to my previous comment: what I meant is that "oxydation destroys everything" is a gross misunderstanding. Oxydation, just like reduction, transforms one molecule into another. Oxydising an alcohol you can get a carboxylic acid. Have you "destroyed" the alcohol? Sure, but you have also formed a carboxylic acid!
Jan 19	comment	When does oxidation destroy prions? Rust is not destroyed by oxydation :P
Jan 19	comment	Did researchers evolve multicellular yeast or did they just turn on multicellularity? exactly my point. I don't read "we gave an unicellular organism the ability to become multicellular" in that sentence. I read "we put an unicellular organism in a situation in which it became multicellular". It's like people reprogramming stem cells to become this or that type of cell, they don't give them any ability, they just put them in the good conditions.
Jan 18	comment	Did researchers evolve multicellular yeast or did they just turn on multicellularity? Well, they put the cells in particular conditions that determined the multicellularity, so they have not specifically given the cells this ability per se. And I do not think they are claiming to have done so.
Jan 17	comment	What's the maximum and minimum temperature a human can survive? @ThePlan: you can say that it is uncommon for Romania, sure, still I don't see how it is unhealthy... are people getting sick because of that?