Tau.Neutrino said:
Neuroscientists Think They’ve Found a Previously Unknown Form of Neural Communication
Scientists think they’ve identified a previously unknown form of neural communication that self-propagates across brain tissue, and can leap wirelessly from neurons in one section of brain tissue to another – even if they’ve been surgically severed.
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> can leap wirelessly from neurons in one section of brain tissue to another – even if they’ve been surgically severed.
Nitrous oxide (N2O), more commonly referred to as laughing gas, is a neurotransmitter that is already known to be able to do that.
> “To ensure that the slice was completely cut, the two pieces of tissue were separated and then rejoined while a clear gap was observed under the surgical microscope,”
I’m not sure that N2O can do that. Transcranial magnetic stimulation can.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephaptic_coupling
Interesting.