Medical Electric field effects in tne brain

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The discussion centers around a study that highlights the influence of the electric field generated by cortical neurons on brain function. Participants share personal experiences related to sleep and the perception of their brain's activity, with one individual recounting a frightening episode during deep sleep where they felt a brief disconnection, likening it to a television turning off. This experience was accompanied by a sensation of heart palpitations, which the individual attributed to over-exercising and stress. Another participant suggests that the described experience may be a hypnopompic hallucination, indicating that the heart's irregular beats were likely a response to anxiety rather than a serious health issue. The conversation reflects a blend of scientific inquiry and personal anecdote, emphasizing the connection between mental states and physiological responses.
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This study presents evidence that the complex endogenous (internal) electric field generated by the activity of individual cortical neurons exerts a feedback which has a global modulating effect. The linked summary links to the full article (PDF). (The second link is a bit slow as this is a long article)

http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(10)00463-0
 
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Great, thanks a lot. Now I have to add a mutual inductance term to my model.
 
Pythagorean said:
Great, thanks a lot. Now I have to add a mutual inductance term to my model.

Quite a few of them I would think.
 
Maybe i heard my brain's electric field switch off and on for a split second?

One night when i was sleeping and for the first time ever while in a deep sleep
(only way i can describe it but like a Physorg article said , it's really interesting
how deeply/closely the mind and body is connected) anyhow as i was saying:

That night while in deep sleep "something
warned me that something was not right" It was as if i knew that i might not wake up again, as if my brain prepared me for my final moment. before i continue...

I do not know what it is called, or what it is, and if there is a term to describe it.
It is as if when you are fast asleep, you become aware of your life support system. That night it was as if i heard inside my brain that something was switched off briefly, I can almost compare it to it sounding like a television set being switched off briefly, then it it came back on almost immediately. Never had such an experience.

But it was alarming and felt really frightening.

Suddenly i woke up. I took my pulse and found that after say every 18th beat
my heart skipped a beat, sometimes the skipping happenned more frequent.

Since that day, my heart rate was fine and it never re-occured. I can tell you though,
i probably never was so frightened as i was that night.

I don't drink or moke and i was excersisng hard at that time, might've been
over excersising? But i do not really excersise a lot these days, only walking and hiking. I
have a history of strenious excersisng "if one could call it that" Maybe it had to do with over training and not enough rest.

i never had any heart trouble history.

Just wanted to share this, don't no why :) This is a great site, with many interesting people, and opinions.
 
Axefly said:
Maybe i heard my brain's electric field switch off and on for a split second?

One night when i was sleeping and for the first time ever while in a deep sleep
(only way i can describe it but like a Physorg article said , it's really interesting
how deeply/closely the mind and body is connected) anyhow as i was saying:

That night while in deep sleep "something
warned me that something was not right" It was as if i knew that i might not wake up again, as if my brain prepared me for my final moment. before i continue...

I do not know what it is called, or what it is, and if there is a term to describe it.
It is as if when you are fast asleep, you become aware of your life support system. That night it was as if i heard inside my brain that something was switched off briefly, I can almost compare it to it sounding like a television set being switched off briefly, then it it came back on almost immediately. Never had such an experience.

But it was alarming and felt really frightening.

Suddenly i woke up. I took my pulse and found that after say every 18th beat
my heart skipped a beat, sometimes the skipping happenned more frequent.

Since that day, my heart rate was fine and it never re-occured. I can tell you though,
i probably never was so frightened as i was that night.

I don't drink or moke and i was excersisng hard at that time, might've been
over excersising? But i do not really excersise a lot these days, only walking and hiking. I
have a history of strenious excersisng "if one could call it that" Maybe it had to do with over training and not enough rest.

i never had any heart trouble history.

Just wanted to share this, don't no why :) This is a great site, with many interesting people, and opinions.

What you've described does not sound like "your brain turned off", but rather something that is called a hypnopompic hallucination. The increase in heart rate was a result of surprise and fear, and the sensation of missing beats is called "palpitations" which is a response to anxiety and stress. You have no reason to be afraid for your life.
 
I am now going to see a doctor.
 
Axefly said:
I am now going to see a doctor.

Ooooook...
 
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