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Plant neurobiology: no brain, no gain?
Amedeo Alpi, Nikolaus Amrhein, et al. · 2007 · Trends in Plant Science, 12(4), 135-136
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Summary
Short critical response by plant scientists arguing that plant neurobiology overextends neurological language where plants lack neurons, synapses, and brains.
Why it matters here
Keeps the plant-consciousness page from confusing complex plant signaling with evidence of felt experience.
Editorial note
Full author list intentionally trimmed for readability; the published letter includes many signatories.