bio-electricity, cell electrical potential, the sodium-potassium pump, and magic :D

[torsui]

setting: world much like this one, modern-day, only with the addition of another form of energy

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[torsui]

*laughs* i probably should have mentioned that thaumic energy/particles is a fictional thing i'm using in my nano. it's kind of like the discworld variant, i think -- it's been awhile since i read anything with UU or the wizards in it. except i don't think any of my sub-thaumic particles is named after a flavor. ^_^

what i was trying to get at is that, following that old chestnut about conservation of energy, thaumic energy is generated by converting another type of energy, but i can work with a hitherto-undiscovered energy particle so it always existed and nobody knew it was there as opposed to converting it from, say, electricity. maybe something like ki or chakra flow -- drain too much of it and your body goes haywire in the ways mentioned above.

thanks for the information and even more for the explanation! very useful. love the icon, by the way. :)

[torsui]

oh, one more question. if a lack of neurotransmitter was detected somehow, would an injection of said neurotransmitter in the appropriate place help revive/kick-start things into working properly before damage was done?