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a: GABA ~
b: a brake pedal
What:
"GABA is like a brake pedal, keeping the brain's speed in check when the accelerator is stuck in the pedal-to-the-metal mode."
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Writer: Dinah Miller, Annette Hanson, Steven Roy Daviss -
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Date: Sep 17 2017 8:40 PM
# 11488 Critique Analogy
a: GABA ~
b: high level of humidity
What:
"In our fireworks factory, GABA is like a high level of humidity: the firecrackers become "damped down," less likely to ignite and explode. Scientists have found ..."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Sep 17 2017 8:42 PM
# 11489 Critique Analogy
a: Gaba a receptor ~
b: a ring doughnut
What: "The GABA A receptor is like a ring doughnut that sits in the membrane of the neurons" It is a doughnut tunnel that allows Ca++ ions to flow through a nerve membrane. A calcium channel is a good association and GABA is the harbor master.
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Writer: E. Jane Marshall et
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Date: May 14 2013 1:56 PM
# 3190 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.