New theory says nerves transmit sound, not electricity


	New theory says nerves transmit sound, not electricity

bferman

3-17-2007 11:12 PM

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science, theory, biomedical

bferman says:

This really sounds unbelievable, mostly because it goes against what I learned growing up. If it turns out to be true, it'll be a pretty amazing discovery.

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<A title="Nerves%20use%20sound%20and%20not%20electricity%20-%20Image%201%20%26nbsp%3B%20%20%26nbsp%3B%20%3Ca%20href=%22http://img.qj.net//uploads/articles_module2/86304/nerves-full.jpg?565748%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22/img/newwindow.png%22%20title=%22Open%20in%20new%20window%22%20border=%220%22%3E%3C/a%3E" rel="lightbox[article86304]" href="http://img.qj.net//uploads/articles_module2/86304/nerves-full_qjpreviewth.jpg?565748"><IMG align="right" src="http://img.qj.net//uploads/articles_module2/86304/nerves-full_qjgenth.jpg?565748" title="Nerves use sound and not electricity - Image 1" alt="Nerves use sound and not electricity - Image 1" /></A>It has long been an accepted fact that <A href="http://www.qj.net/Memory-formation-may-be-more-complex-than-we-imagined/pg/49/aid/85354" title="... as well as form memories.">nerves use electrical impulses to  transmit signals</A> from the brain to the point of action. This, however, may not be the case, if what Copenhagen University researcher <A title="Copenhagen University researcher" id="tag" href="http://science.qj.net/tags//0"></A><A title="Copenhagen University researcher" id="tag" href="http://science.qj.net/tags//13306">Thomas Heimburg</A> suggests is true.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.qj.net/New-theory-states-that-nerves-transmit-sound-not-electricity/pg/49/aid/86304">According to him, there are certain inconsistencies with the electrical impulse-nerve theory</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.qj.net/New-theory-states-that-nerves-transmit-sound-not-electricity/pg/49/aid/86304">"The physical laws of
thermodynamics tell us that electrical impulses must produce heat as
they travel along the nerve, but experiments find that no such heat is
produced."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.qj.net/New-theory-states-that-nerves-transmit-sound-not-electricity/pg/49/aid/86304">Instead, he believes that the connection between our nerves and the rest of our bodies may be due to sound pulses</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.qj.net/New-theory-states-that-nerves-transmit-sound-not-electricity/pg/49/aid/86304">If Heimberg's theory proves true, then perhaps we have come a step closer to understanding how anesthesia works</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.qj.net/New-theory-states-that-nerves-transmit-sound-not-electricity/pg/49/aid/86304">At the moment, scientists are still somewhat unsure of what exactly happens when a person is anesthesized, and they are hoping that if one of the two theories are ultimately proven, then <A href="http://www.qj.net/Genetically-modified-chickens-good-for-more-than-soup/pg/49/aid/80556" title="Did you know that hens can lay medical eggs?">better drug development</A> can follow.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/295F8559-7DF2-474A-A5EC-CD8C7C8CBD69/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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