
BS 186 Mark Humphries author of "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds"
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
Spikes Are Unique to the Nervous System
Spikes seem to be unique to the nervous system, correct? So what makes them so special? There's two things ate made of spikes special. One is that they are s sei fall or non events. For any given nerom, the shape of it section potential is the same every time e produce it. The brain turns this binery cot back into something more continuousis also really interesting. Fasci the brain works, which is unique to it. And it's a very powerful way of having control over the messages being passed between terans. This has a whole name called the balance theory of how spike is generated.
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