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Aren’t these frequencies merely defined by the rate of chemical reactions that occur between neurons (eg. how fast action potentials get generated and travel)?
by pieterk 7y ago
Aren’t these frequencies merely defined by the rate of chemical reactions that occur between neurons (eg. how fast action potentials get generated and travel)?
If that’s true, it seems that this study points in the direction that bees and primates have similar neurotransmission for the brain regions studied.
- blululu 7y agoThis is less true than you might think. While the main neurotransmitters are the same serotonin conveys different signals in mammalian and insect brains. Additionally these chemical reactions are modulated by the cells and a long period wave like alpha is related to more macro scale connectivity. The fact that a similar macro pattern emerges is not guaranteed by the fact that a neuron is a neuron. As a metaphor water molecules are identical but a snowflake and a raindrop are totally different in their material properties.