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neuro-cognitive-disruption
The prion-based vector targets the Llinas function in the thalamus, which is essential for integrating sensory input and maintaining temporal coherence in perception.
1 chapter across 1 book
Ribofunk (1996)Paul Di Filippo
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The narrator investigates a tip implicating the Incubators, a marginalized group of bioengineered outcasts, in supplying a dangerous prion-based vector to a terrorist client. Despite their previous innocence in a related ecological case, the Incubators admit to creating a fast-acting agent that disrupts the brain's thalamic Llinas function, threatening human cognitive coherence. The chapter ends with the narrator and his robotic companion Sonny capturing the Incubators and reporting to authorities, marking a turning point in the investigation.