When neurons fire up: Study sheds light on rhythms of the brain
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 00:28
in Psychology & Sociology
In our brains, groups of neurons fire up simultaneously for just milliseconds at a time, in random rhythms, similar to twinkling lightning bugs in our backyards. New research from neuroscientists at Indiana University and the University of Montreal provides a model -- a rhyme and reason -- for this random synchronization.
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