{"id":166229,"date":"2023-06-22T22:23:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T03:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/cytoelectric-coupling-a-groundbreaking-hypothesis-on-how-our-brains-function"},"modified":"2023-06-22T22:23:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T03:23:44","slug":"cytoelectric-coupling-a-groundbreaking-hypothesis-on-how-our-brains-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/cytoelectric-coupling-a-groundbreaking-hypothesis-on-how-our-brains-function","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCytoelectric Coupling\u201d: A Groundbreaking Hypothesis on How Our Brains Function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/cytoelectric-coupling-a-groundbreaking-hypothesis-on-how-our-brains-function2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brain waves act as carriers of information. A recently proposed \u201cCytoelectric Coupling\u201d hypothesis suggests that these wavering electric fields contribute to the optimization of the brain network\u2019s efficiency and robustness. They do this by influencing the physical configuration of the brain\u2019s molecular framework.<\/p>\n<p>In order to carry out its multifaceted functions, which include thought, the brain operates on various levels. Information like objectives or visuals is depicted through synchronized electrical activity among neuronal networks. Simultaneously, a combination of proteins and other biochemicals within and surrounding each neuron physically execute the mechanics required for participation in these networks.<\/p>\n<p>A new paper by researchers at <a href=https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/mit\/>MIT<\/a>, <a href=https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/city-university-london\/>City University of London<\/a>, and <a href=https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/johns-hopkins-university\/>Johns Hopkins University<\/a> posits that the electrical fields of the network influence the physical configuration of neurons\u2019 sub-cellular components to optimize network stability and efficiency, a hypothesis the authors call \u201cCytoelectric Coupling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain waves act as carriers of information. A recently proposed \u201cCytoelectric Coupling\u201d hypothesis suggests that these wavering electric fields contribute to the optimization of the brain network\u2019s efficiency and robustness. They do this by influencing the physical configuration of the brain\u2019s molecular framework. In order to carry out its multifaceted functions, which include thought, the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}