[MURG] Neuropeptide Function?

[Yan King Yin]

Just some updates of my recent activities:

(1) I'm studying some mathematical neural network
theories. It *may* be possible to simply a biological
neural net (eg obtained from scanning) without
changing its dynamics significantly. Afterall the
brain certainly has a lot of redundancies. If this can
be done then uploads can run sooner than Moore's law
reaches the required level.

(2) Trying to figure out what neuropeptides do
in the brain in genereal. I looked up primitive nerve
nets of cnidarians eg Hydra etc, and these critters
already use peptides stored in LDCVs in chemical
synapses; Not sure about fast synaptic transmission.
What could be the function of peptides in these
organisms?

YKY


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