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All living cells are cognitive
- Source :
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 564:134-149
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- All living cells sense and respond to changes in external or internal conditions. Without that cognitive capacity, they could not obtain nutrition essential for growth, survive inevitable ecological changes, or correct accidents in the complex processes of reproduction. Wherever examined, even the smallest living cells (prokaryotes) display sophisticated regulatory networks establishing appropriate adaptations to stress conditions that maximize the probability of survival. Supposedly "simple" prokaryotic organisms also display remarkable capabilities for intercellular signalling and multicellular coordination. These observations indicate that all living cells are cognitive.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Biophysics
Cognition
Cell Biology
Plants
Biology
Biochemistry
03 medical and health sciences
Multicellular organism
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
Signalling
Sense and respond
Prokaryotic Cells
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Animals
Humans
Stress conditions
Probability of survival
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Cognitive load
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0006291X
- Volume :
- 564
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8e0bf714ff43094a46c6a9a1b10f7dba