A Shocking Idea: Nerves Might Run on Sound, Not Electricity

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A Shocking Idea: Nerves Might Run on Sound, Not Electricity

For the moment it’s only a idea and nothing more. But it will be a bit shocking if it is true and I personally can’t wait for more information be released on this subject. So if you find anything please share it here, I will do the same.

Regards,

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This, for those who are not familiar with the jargon, is science-speak for “it’s codswallop.”

Two questions spring to mind:
[ol]- How does this new hypothesis account for the pain and physical convulsion produced by a sufficient electric shock?

  • How can the mechanical properties of nerve material (axons, glial cells and the myelin sheath), being mostly visco-plastic with hardly any elasticity, support the efficient transmission of compressional waves?[/ol]

It seems to me that the picture is at least as incomplete as the one it seeks to replace.

'Luthon64