Moving, electrically 'silent' source initiates brain waves

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 13:00 in Physics & Chemistry

A traveling spike generator appears to move across the hippocampus and change direction while generating brain waves. The generator itself, however, produces no electrical signal. The speed of the waves most closely match those found in epilepsy and in healthy sleep and theta waves.

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