Neuromedin S
Neuromedin S is a 36-amino acid neuropeptide found in the brain of humans and other mammals. It is produced in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus and is related to neuromedin U. It is thought to be involved in regulation of circadian rhythm and also has appetite suppressant effects, as well as regulating
Neuromedin N
Neuromedin N is a neuropeptide derived from the same precursor polypeptide as neurotensin, and with similar but subtly distinct expression and effects. Carraway RE, Mitra SP, Spaulding G (1992). "Posttranslational processing of the neurotensin/neuromedin-N precursor". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 668 (1 The Neurobiol): 1â16. Bibcode:1992NYASA.668
Neuromedin B
Neuromedin B (NMB) is a bombesin-related peptide in mammals. Ohki-Hamazaki H (October 2000). "Neuromedin B". Progress in Neurobiology. 62 (3): 297â312. doi:10.1016/S0301-0082(00)00004-6. PMID 10840151. S2CID 23673653. Jensen RT, Battey JF, Spindel ER, Benya RV (March 2008). "International Union of Pharmacology. LXVIII. Mammalian bombesin receptors: nomenclature, distribution, pharmacology, signaling, and functions in normal and disease states". Pharmacological
Bombesin (and a wee bit of ranatensin)
Bombesin is a 14-amino acid peptide originally isolated from the skin of the European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) by Vittorio Erspamer et al. and named after its source. Gonzalez N, Moody TW, Igarashi H, Ito T, Jensen RT (February 2008). "Bombesin-related peptides and their receptors: recent advances in their role in physiology and
The Garden of Earthly Delights, Â Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights The Garden of Earthly Delights is the modern title[a] given to a triptych oil painting on oak panel painted by the Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch, between 1490 and 1510, when Bosch was between 40 and 60 years old. It has been housed in the Museo del
The Goldfinch in art
The Goldfinch (Dutch: Het puttertje) is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius of a life-sized chained goldfinch. Signed and dated 1654, it is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. A common
Goldfinch in art
The bird that repeatedly, almost obsessively, turns up in Renaissance religious painting is the European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis, almost always in the hands of the Infant Jesus, and symbolising variously the soul, resurrection, sacrifice and death, but with a particular further
Thistle tubes, thistle feeders, distelfinks and goldfinches
A thistle tube is a piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a shaft of tube, with a reservoir and funnel-like section at the top. Thistle tubes are typically used by chemists to add liquid to an existing system or apparatus. Thistle funnels are used to add small volumes of
Ceres, Roman goddess
The goddess Ceres, seated. Marble sculpture from the latter part of the 1st century CE. National Museum of Roman Art of MĂŠrida (ancient Emerita Augusta), where there is a copy in front of the magnificent ruins of the Roman theatre In ancient
Sanxingdui (‘Three Star Mound’)
Sanxingdui (Chinese: ä¸ćĺ ; pinyin: SÄnxÄŤngduÄŤ; lit. 'Three Star Mound') is an archaeological site and a major Bronze Age culture in modern Guanghan, Sichuan, China. Largely discovered in 1986, following a preliminary finding in 1927, archaeologists excavated artifacts that radiocarbon dating placed in the twelfthâeleventh centuries BC. The archaeological site is the type site for the Sanxingdui culture that produced these artifacts, archeologists have
Shi (personator)
The shi (Chinese: 尸; pinyin: shÄŤ; WadeâGiles: sh'ih; lit. 'corpse') was a ceremonial "personator" who represented a dead relative during ancient Chinese ancestral sacrifices. In a shi ceremony, the ancestral spirit supposedly would enter the descendant "corpse" personator, who would eat and drink sacrificial offerings and convey messages from the spirit. James Legge,
The lactating birds and the bees (gastrin, pepsin, etc)
Crop milk is a secretion from the lining of the crop of parent birds that is regurgitated to young birds. It is found among all pigeons and doves where it is referred to as pigeon milk. An analog to crop milk is also secreted from the esophagus of flamingos and
Columba constellation
The constellation seen as "Columba Noachi" in Urania's Mirror (1825). Columba is a faint constellation designated in the late sixteenth century, remaining in official use, with its rigid limits set in the 20th century. Its name is Latin for dove. It takes up 1.31% of the southern celestial hemisphere
Columba the cosmic dove and celestial toilet humor
The constellation Columba as it can be seen by the naked eye. The Columba constellation - where celestial family drama meets cosmic bathroom humor! Let's dive into a delightful corner of Chinese astronomy that proves even the heavens aren't above a
Jason and the Argonauts and the dove
Illustration by Howard Davie for The Heroes by Charles Kingsley. "Hera has sent us a pilot; let us follow the cunning bird." The Symplegades or Clashing Rocks, also known as the Cyanean Rocks, were, according to Greek mythology, a pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together whenever a vessel went
Asherah and Asherim notes
Pillar figurine of the goddess Asherah. Judea, 8-6th c. BCE. Eretz Israel Museum. Terracotta. In the ancient Levant, doves were used as symbols for the Canaanite mother goddess Asherah. Botterweck, G. Johannes; Ringgren, Helmer (1990). Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Vol. VI. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B.