Attack of the Killer Space Cells

"Sensors detect a large bulbous, nebulous object in our immediate vicinity, sir."

"Sir! It's opened fire with its Red Ablative Laser Beam!"


"She cannae take much more of this, Cap'n!"

"Engage sublight engines and initiate evasive manoeuvers!"

I swear, that neuron looks like it's cackling evilly.

Reference: Larry J. Millet, Adriana Bora, Jonathan V. Sweedler and Martha U. Gillette, "Direct Cellular Peptidomics of Supraoptic Magnocellular and Hippocampal Neurons in Low-Density Cocultures", ACS Chem. Neurosci., doi:10.1021/cn9000022