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Scientists Say Nerves Use Sound, Not Electricity

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-hard-of-hearing-all-over dept.

gazzarda writes "The CBC is reporting that a team of Danish scientists are claiming that nerve impulses are transmitted by sound and not electricity. 'The common view that nerves transmit impulses through electricity is wrong and that they really transmit sound, according to a team of Danish scientists. The Copenhagen University researchers argue that biology and medical textbooks that say nerves relay electrical impulses from the brain to the rest of the body are incorrect.'"

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  1. So when a tazer hits you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...its really the sound of the tazer that is making your muscles contract in all kinds of ways and you losing motor control, not the hundreds of thousands of volts coursing through your body.

    Wow... who would of guessed it!

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    1. Re:So when a tazer hits you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      There is only one real way to test this: put your head in a large bell and have someone ring it as loud as they can. If you lose all muscle control and are confused for a minute or so afterwards it would then prove that it is sound that controls nerves. Otherwise I suggest that we put a researcher in a specially made chair that will deliver high current directly through an electrode placed on the top of the head (and another somewhere else such as the wrists). If the researcher loses all muscle control then it also confirms that electricity controls nerves.

    2. Re:So when a tazer hits you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Dude, that would really piss off my symbiote. No thanks!

    3. Re:So when a tazer hits you by denttford · · Score: 3, Funny

      It is also well known to be a remedy for separating oneself from black gooey alien symbiotes.

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    4. Re:So when a tazer hits you by sumdumass · · Score: 3, Funny

      What about the brown note?

  2. Re:Shh by Joebert · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe, but it sure explains how my mother-in-law gets on my damn nerves every time she opens her mouth.

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  3. Conspiracy theory alert: by Glowing+Fish · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time to replace all your tinfoil helmets with a pair of ear plugs.

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  4. Will you guys quiet down! by RyanFenton · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hey - will you guys quiet down? I can barely hear myself think!"

    Ryan Fenton

  5. If that's the case... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens when you play those nerves backwards?

    You turn into Ozzy Osbourne?

  6. That explains why.... by kbox · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... I dance like an idiot to loud German trance music.
    It's not because I'm drunk, It's involuntary movements caused by the sound, Some "scientists" said so!

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  7. Mind control? by JimXugle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine all the possibilities! You could make someone do something just by yelling at them loud enough!!

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  8. Re:Raised eyebrows... by Kahai · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm also a neuroscientist and I'd like to say I find this research credible and also true. Sincerely, Essjay

  9. Re:Bwha? by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The CBC is reporting that a team of Danish scientists are claiming that telephone signals are transmitted by sound and not electricity. 'The common view that telephone wires transmit information through electricity is wrong and that they really transmit sound, according to a team of Danish scientists. The Copenhagen University researchers argue that telecom textbooks that say telephones relay electrical impulses from the source to the destination are incorrect.'"

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  10. Earplugs? by doit3d · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean that the next time someone kicks me in the nads all I need are earplugs for the pain to go away?

    I don't think I will test that theory, I'll let someone else do it.

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  11. Re:Raised eyebrows... by anaesthetica · · Score: 5, Funny

    As another neuroscientist, I would urge you to keep an open mind.

    Is this an example of the fabled neuroscientist humor?

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  12. So... by thrill12 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...can we say officially that this part of slashdot has become a FANSCOS now (First Annual NeuroScientist Convention On Slashdot) ?

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  13. So does it mean that... by Deorus · · Score: 3, Funny

    My brain actually listens to what I see? How confusing...

  14. Re:Raised eyebrows... by camperdave · · Score: 2, Funny

    So... I for one, welcome our new leyden jar bearing insect overlords?

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  15. Re:Raised eyebrows... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You have some nerve to even suggest that.

  16. Re:Raised eyebrows... by cyclop · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, your Tiny Neuron Bears theory could fit well in the Flying Spaghetti Monster paradigm!

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