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This may be interesting to other people here.
It seems that electric signaling in our bodies goes beyond the nerves, and there are also electric signals that (among other things) coordinate the death of stressed, old, or weak cells. I wonder if psychedelics have an effect in those electric fields, too. I was also surprised to read that apparently biofilms use electric signals to communicate, coordinate their growth, and even invite free swimming bacteria to join.
This is the original paper being talked about: Energy deficiency selects crowded live epithelial cells for extrusion - Nature
And this is the journalistic article that I read, I found it very interesting as it gives some background on bioelectricity beyond neuron signals, something I knew nothing about: Cells Use ‘Bioelectricity’ To Coordinate and Make Group Decisions | Quanta Magazine
It seems that electric signaling in our bodies goes beyond the nerves, and there are also electric signals that (among other things) coordinate the death of stressed, old, or weak cells. I wonder if psychedelics have an effect in those electric fields, too. I was also surprised to read that apparently biofilms use electric signals to communicate, coordinate their growth, and even invite free swimming bacteria to join.
This is the original paper being talked about: Energy deficiency selects crowded live epithelial cells for extrusion - Nature
And this is the journalistic article that I read, I found it very interesting as it gives some background on bioelectricity beyond neuron signals, something I knew nothing about: Cells Use ‘Bioelectricity’ To Coordinate and Make Group Decisions | Quanta Magazine
