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An amateur iPhone developer and sleep researcher, engineer by education.
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May 9 |
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Which X-Y chromosomes have the developmental genes for mammals? That sounds like the toolkit genes I'm referring to |
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May 8 |
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Are there more descriptive ways of naming genes and gene interactions? Maybe there's a higher level of abstraction then, like gene interactions or cycles that can be given descriptive name? |
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May 5 |
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I'd like to know the name and a few details of a certain time-keeping structure in the human brain Suprachiasmatic Nucleus is a part of Hypothalamus, which might be an interesting read as well - hypothalamus is very important |
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Apr 30 |
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What is the mechanism of regulation of PER /CRY genes? Great answer! I didn't know about "e-boxed" genes, that's something to take a look at ! |
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Apr 24 |
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What mechanism suppresses melatonin release in humans? Thanks for a great article! It does not explicitly state how the pineal gland is affected though. |
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Apr 24 |
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What mechanism suppresses melatonin release in humans? To clarify: I know that SCN makes a decision to suppress melatonin. What interests me is what takes place during the actual process of suppression. What physically ensures that pineal gland stops producing melatonin. Is it another hormone that is released? |
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Mar 28 |
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Expanding the SETI initiative to seek intelligent data within DNA sequences? Very good point. What originally inspired the question was that the "data in DNA" encoding linked in the question uses very short 96 bit "packets", preceded by a 19 bit addressing sequence. While the payload can vary, the presence of the address within each packet gives hope of detection. As far as I understand, this is how genes are detected - by their promoter/terminator sites. |
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Mar 28 |
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Expanding the SETI initiative to seek intelligent data within DNA sequences? The question is about bioinformatics - is anyone looking for "long storage" data within DNA sequences. |
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Mar 27 |
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Why do some people find vegetables so repellent when evolutionarily they should find them an attractive and thus tasty food? Your view of "so repellent" may be cultural or a result of growing up in the western world |
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Mar 20 |
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Does sleep in humans re-structure based on the expected sleep time? you are suggesting my own app... :) |
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Feb 21 |
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What are the limitations of commercial-grade DNA genotyping compared to full sequencing? This is a good point - to test only what varies the most |
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Feb 20 |
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Does every human eye see the same visible spectrum? I've also read studies on intraocular lenses that suggested that the humans eye sensitivity to light changes with age. |
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Feb 20 |
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What plastic eating organisms are there to help with plastic in landfills problem? Thank you for a great answer! |
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Jan 23 |
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Why do we feel tired if we sleep excessively? People sleep in ~90minute long sleep cycles. Technically, if you decide to "sleep in" by 30-50 minutes, you may start the next sleep cycle and feel worse awakening from that. The logic behind this is that you wake up from deeper sleep. I don't know if there is hard science to back this up though |
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Jan 16 |
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What kinds of arousal can a human brain experience? Thanks! The way I can clarify the question is - exposure to a new arousing stimuli (ex: new sexy female) stimulates release of dopamine in response to the stimuli. I'm interested if there are other neuromodulators that are elevated or lowered in response to stimuli. |
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Dec 27 |
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Are serotonin levels in humans affected by light? The second article looks really nice. Is there a place where I can take a look at it for free? |
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Dec 24 |
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Physiological indicators of happiness and well being Check out Wikipedia Article on serotonin. There are multiple serotonin receptors in the human brain, and mutations of those receptors are related to depression and suicide. As such, serotonin levels aren't really a metric of happiness. I would look at long term behavior as an indicator of happiness or depression |
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Nov 25 |
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Do humans have chemosensors for nutrients or chemicals? I'm interested in digestion - are there any chemicals or chemical imbalances that can be detected in food? |
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Nov 25 |
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Is territoriality only the domain of the male of a species? From personal observation: house sparrows "stake a claim" at a bird feeder, and both males and females chase away competitors |
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Nov 19 |
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Is there such thing as “half-life” of dopamine? If I understand correctly, the DAT cleans up extracellular and bound DA, and deposits it back within the neuron. As less and less extracellular DA is available, there's a higher chance that bound DA will be recovered. Is this correct? |
