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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 dgatwood · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Indeed, if it were true, I could shout at my hand and either I'd feel something or it would twitch or something. Sound waves permeate tissue way, way too easily to be isolated. This may be the most ludicrous article I've ever not read. :-D

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  2. Re:Raised eyebrows... by Tsiangkun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    nature, cell, science, . . .

    This type of over throwing of a widely established model would be major news, and would not be published in some 'me too, add my brick to the pile' journal.

  3. Re:TFA is completely innacurate by kingsean · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I ... uh ... yeah. Ion Flux. Channels. That's basically what I was going to go with, but you beat me to it. So ahhhhhh, Well done to both of us!

  4. Re:It's quite simple, really. by mikiN · · Score: 0, Redundant

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