#Myeline

[metfell]

No Myelin, I don’t think that a pickaxe can solve this.

Comic about that one guy who shows up for five seconds and then dips again for another month or seven.

[deadstaticolivia]

Small daisy I drew on my Oceanography notes. And Skrimm too I guess 🙄.

[biologist4ever]

In the neuron, a protective covering called myelin insulates the axon and increases the speed of electrical communication along the length of the neuron

[itsguysnightitsironic]

"We can always get naked and cuddle for warm"

Let's go home.

Icebound has hands, déu meu, and themes, Derek sisplau, I don't have any grief left

Some rambling under the cut:

I need that polar bear brush to be real and send-

[littlebirdssinging]

Icebound episode 12 and 13 spoilers

I feel like in Icebound the Avantris crew is just slightly less chaotic than, say, OUAW or Uprooted, but then they get kidnapped by Ogres and immediately decide to convince them they're gods from Ogre Heaven and come up with elaborate names and titles. I'm still in shock that Andy, after missing the previous session, wakes up as Skrimm and immediately ALSO tries to convince the ogres that he sees that he's a god, but with far less luck. How did they ALL do that?

[dear-ao3]

in case anyones wondering were back in anatomy class hell (i have a test on muscles on wednesday and need to memorize another million things !!)

[corsomondo]

normal dad with his normal daughters

[skipitty-bop]

Myelin (Arc 1)

[reksink]

Some Pebbles

[artseniccatnip]

real oc hours

[bpod-bpod]

Crossing the Node

Nerve axons – slender projections, the route of signals from neurons to other cells – are insulated with a sheath called myelin to ensure signals stay on track, however, there are specialised gaps in the wrapping at Nodes of Ranvier which aid signal conduction. This study, using time-lapse microscopy in live mice, investigates how these nodes impact the essential transport of neurons' contents such as mitochondria (highlighted here in cyan) and endosomes (in magenta) along the axons, providing insight into nerve function in health, injury and disease

Read the published research article here

Image from work by Andrew P. Tosolini and colleagues

Department of Neuromuscular Diseases and UCL Queen Square Motor Neuron Disease Centre, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in iScience, October 2024

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[loa-bracket-battle]

Which Legends of Avantris NPC is gayer?

Myelin (Icebound) VS Dr Poison (Cuttlefish Sweepstakes)

[feiofthefae]

wait so what else is up with awoken amethyst besides the reflection thing

oh boy oh boy oh boy do I have an essay for you! it's mostly irl nerd stuff, but!!

Awoken amethyst is nothing like amethyst from Earth! Actual amethyst is almost always purple [but can have blue as a secondary hue], usually has color zoning and belongs to the hexagonal crystal family. Awoken amethyst is blue, has no color zoning, and has a pentagonal structure [which doesn't occur naturally]. Also, a lot of it hums and glows!

It is so unlike actual amethyst that it has been compared to a variety of other gems/minerals, including azurite, fluorite, tanzanite, sodalite/lapis lazuli and agate. So far, the Oracle Engine seems to be the main exception:

"But some of it looks purple. Why is that?" Good question! From what I've seen, it comes down to lighting and backlighting. In the Confluence and Blind Well, Awoken amethyst looks purple in the shadows but is blue when you step back. In The Corrupted strike and seasonal areas like the Coil, it's the opposite - it's purple from afar yet blue up close. The Last Wish raid shows it in purple backlighting at first, before giving way to its true color (blue).

Something something "nothing is as it seems," I suppose.

There is one more exception besides the Oracle Engine, however. And I think it's an interesting one. At the very back of Harbinger's Seclude, by the statue of the first Awoken queen Alis Li, the arches are clearly purple and resemble polished irl amethyst. What does it mean? I have no idea, I'm not a lore expert. But I wouldn't be surprised if it did mean something.

Other than that, I only know the standard lore stuff about Awoken amethyst. It's a symbol of Awoken royalty, it can be created thru Awoken favor, Techeuns use it to enhance their powers, it was once given as diplomatic gifts to Eliksni, so on and so forth. And yes, Mara did wish for the Dreaming City to be built out of amethyst.

Being a rockhound and aspiring mineralogist [and Awoken lore enthusiast], I'm always on the lookout for amethyst-related lore, but this is all I've got at the moment lol. Also I don't know if I actually answered your question but thank you for the Ask!!

Here is a screenshot of my Hunter as a token of my appreciation:

[echoing-locations]

No new loa Star Wars characters today so take shit posts

[isbergillustration]

Your art just itches all the right spots in my brain. I love It so much

[wereshrew-admirer]

The Hedge Maze a.k.a Labyrinth’s Thread a.k.a. Ravel

(an affliction)