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What is the SMAD Signalling Pathway – and why is it Important for Divergent Bodies?

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© Alexandra Chambers | Neurotopia CIC | January 2026 In connective tissue divergence, immune sensitivity, or genomically divergent bodies, fibrosis is one of the most damaging long-term outcomes. Here I will explain what actually drives that scarring process deep in the tissues. At the heart of the fibrosis response is a powerful molecular communication route […]

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My Perspective on the now, Solutions and Change

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© Alexandra Chambers | Neurotopia CIC | January 2026 For systems and for the people inside them, real change starts with recognising reality in its entirety. That is a timely and uncomfortable process; it asks people to sit with things that don’t have immediate answers. To see the scale of what’s wrong, without rushing to

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Rewriting the Rules: Visual Directionality, Divergent Brains, and the Hidden Architecture of Reading

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© Alexandra Chambers | Neurotopia CIC | January 2026 Most modern reading systems are designed around a narrow set of neuro-visual and anatomical assumptions. They presume a brain that is left-hemisphere dominant for language, a visual system that comfortably tracks from left to right, and a body whose fine motor control aligns with right-handed writing.

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Endometriosis: not the Cause, but the Expression

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© Alexandra Chambers | Neurotopia CIC | January 2026 Mainstream science has just “discovered” what many of us have known for years: that endometriosis is connected to more than the reproductive system. New research from Penn State finds that people with endometriosis have blunted blood pressure responses to physical stress – contradicting their initial hypothesis

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Dyslexia and Hyperlexia: A Spectrum of Expression

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© Alexandra Chambers | Neurotopia CIC | January 2026 Most people think of hyperlexia and dyslexia as unrelated – one linked to precocious reading, the other to reading difficulty. However, what if they’re actually two ends of the same spectrum? Not disorders, but neurodivergent communication styles – shaped by the brain’s orientation toward language, meaning,

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Connective Tissue, Sensory Terrain, and the Hidden Architecture of Perception

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©Alexandra Chambers | Neurotopia CIC | December 2025 All research is available for PDF digital download on: https://studio.buymeacoffee.com/extras and all money goes directly to Neurotopia CIC to fund further research, thank you. Following the response to the previous exploration of connective tissue in the eyes and ears, this post continues the sensory map through the

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The Eye and Ear: Connective Tissue Organs on a Divergent Spectrum

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©Alexandra Chambers | Neurotopia CIC | January 2026 All research is available for PDF digital download on: https://studio.buymeacoffee.com/extras and all money goes directly to Neurotopia CIC to fund further research, thank you. Sensory overload is often described as a quirk of perception or a flaw in neurological filtering. However, when you stop treating the brain

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