New Study: The Brain is Chaotic


	New Study: The Brain is Chaotic

wildcat

2-28-2007 6:54 AM

876 views

tags:

science, brain, chaos, mind, neurology, information

2 Comments |

Add a Comment

2-28-2007 9:29 AM

egoldstein

The inner workings of the brain aren’t as organized as once thought. According to a new study, it’s mayhem up there.

I'm glad to hear this, because it really feels like mayhem in my brain most of the time.

2-28-2007 9:33 AM

wildcat

Eric, saw the great interview you did, you call this mayhem?

bravo! if that is chaos we all should be chaotic..

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Adopt A Scientist Program

Former state science director sues over in...

Einstein was right, McGill astrophysicists...

Johann Hari: Science is thrilling – except...

Human-racism and biopolitics in SF

How to be a Christian Darwinist (interview)

More clips from wildcat

Robots Advance

Stem Cells 2.0: Scientists Make Revolution...

Japan Creates Mega Solar City -Leads World

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from February 28, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/74870e6d-cc7e-4a5e-8d98-286dce47a13d/BA2F126D-2E6A-4506-929B-1EC1520B8299/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070227_brain_chaos.html" href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070227_brain_chaos.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livescience.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070227_brain_chaos.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.livescience.com/img/B73FCEC0-758F-49BE-9980-B019FAA65EC6" alt="" /></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://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070227_brain_chaos.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="355" valign="top" align="left"><DIV class="topheadline">New Study: The Brain is Chaotic</DIV><DIV><IMG src="http://images.livescience.com/template_images/navigation/ls_story2_hst_logo_187.gif" /></DIV><FONT size="1" face="Verdana%2C%20Helvetica%2C%20sans-serif" color="%23333333"><B>By <A href="http://www.space.com/php/contactus/feedback.php?r=sg">Sara Goudarzi</A></B><BR />LiveScience Staff Writer<BR /></FONT><FONT size="1" face="arial%2Chelvetica" color="%23330066">posted: 27 February 2007<BR />03:26 pm ET</FONT>
</TD></tr></table></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://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070227_brain_chaos.html"><SPAN>The inner
workings of the <A href="http://www.livescience.com/mind/">brain</A> aren’t as
organized as once thought. According to a new study, it’s mayhem up there. </SPAN></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://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070227_brain_chaos.html"><SPAN>It’s long
been believed that information is passed on from one <A href="http://www.livescience.com/othernews/051227_neuron_growth.html">neuron</A>
to another at junctions where two neurons, or a neuron and a muscle, meet.
Neurons are nervous system cells that process and relay information. </SPAN></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://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070227_brain_chaos.html"><SPAN>At the
junction of two neurons, also known as a <A href="http://www.livescience.com/imageoftheday/siod_051003.html">synapse</A>,
one neuron releases a chemical messenger—neurotransmitter—to excite the other
neuron. This is done by diffusing the neurotransmitter to the branches (dendrites)
of the transmitting neuron. </SPAN></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://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070227_brain_chaos.html"><SPAN>The new
study purports that neurons don’t just release these chemicals at synapses but
along the entire span of their extensions, all the while exciting neighboring <A href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050622_grandma_cell.html">cells</A>.
</SPAN></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/BA2F126D-2E6A-4506-929B-1EC1520B8299/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>