There are actually four glands within the brain proper, and to the extent that the CNS also secrets neurotransmitters and other chemicals specific to its purpose, yes, it is a gland.
And I repeat: "talking" to nerve cells about how they're chemically malfunctioning doesn't alter them.
“Your literalism is silly and doesn’t change the point. “
I wasn’t trying to be silly. I don’t know much about the brain. I was curious.
>> “talking” to nerve cells about how they’re chemically malfunctioning doesn’t alter them. <<
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Unless it is the Holy Spirit doing the “talking.”