Jenna has been nagged by NAAG recently, to the point of obsession. It is also one of the molecules I included in the Synapse puzzle.
So, if you want to learn a little bit of nitty-gritty detailed neurochemistry of this exciting (as of recently) neuromodulator (and possibly neurotransmitter), you should check her two-part post reviewing what is known about it: Part I and Part II.
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While Kate was off being all lawyerly at her NAAG workshop, I spent my time visiting my old group at NIST, and some colleagues at the University of Maryland.
Kate was attending a workshop run by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG, a wonderful acronym) in Washington, DC this Wednesday and Thursday, and when she told me that, I said "Hey, I'm not teaching this term, why don't I tag along?" So, we extended the trip a little bit, and made