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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. Re:Raised eyebrows... by TooMuchToDo · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    If you AND the parent poster are neuroscientists, you two need to get crackin' on my neurointerface to increase the data rate between me and my computer and the net.

    Of course, I kid. But I hope you two get to do some cool research.