a: taste bud ~
b: mini-brain

What:

"A taste bud is like a mini-brain," Kinnamon says. "It receives input from the external environment, makes decisions, and then sends output to other parts of the nervous system. And it's a whole lot easier to study a taste bud than a brain."


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Writer: John Kinnamon
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Date: Dec 10 2014 3:29 PM


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