From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 12:14 PM To: Ed Boyden Subject: Re: Plants glad to help. I think we might want to inquire=C2 re the similarities of plants and animals. . =stressors , disease. energy. . f=n. why do people and treees first get taller than =ider . i get it for plants. On Mon A r 24 2017 at 8:01 AM Ed Bo d wrote: Thanks f=r the metformin reminder! So far my immediate family has avoided diabetes by diet choice, but for my other relatives, I'll let them know. I agree that mapping out the ways plants communicate, would be fascinating. Perhaps we can write down the words and rules akin to a<=r> language. Very interesting on the aluminum front. We need ways to see how different building blocks are processed, trafficked, etc. in the body. One hope I have for our project on the world's smallest mammal is that<=r> we can watch molecules and atoms throughout the entire "life cycle&quo=; of the processes of the body. Ed On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 6:23 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote: > dont forget the metformin, for insulin resistance.=C2 it is supposedly > a wonder drug. > Not sure how to think about the neurobiology of plants. There is a rob=st > bunch of literature on how plant cells are stressed, how they respond =nd > how they build biological resilience along the way. Because they are s=ssile > and can't just call their doc for a prescription, whatever they do=has to be > relatively simple and part of a very basic process that either displac=s, > overcomes, outdoes or modifies a stressor to make it manageable. > Plants don't have nerves per se but they have cells that behave in=a similar > way for similar purposes as our nerves. Plants do use what we call > neurotransmitters .... catecholamines like dopamine and norepi- they h=ve > tons of acetylcholine and the same degradation pathways, and even the =ame > glutamate pathways and receptors human