Re: Openeeg-list Digest, Vol 98, Issue 3

Charles Z Henry <[email protected]> Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:01:53 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.science.openeeg.general
Message-ID <CAPfmNOHkczbwpp5588GaKMDu-jPmPMKcqYhwG41+DLdFPXtTKA@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Nicolas Prat, PhD
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Intensity-wise, I don;t think that increasing the potential above what
> it was when it was recorded would bring anything. Might even take
> something away... And why would a current be harmful in one direction
> and not the other?
>
> Nick--

They are not the same kinds of current.  Electrical current involves
transporting electrons between carriers.  The products of electrical
current in tissues are reactive compounds that can damage the cells.

Naturally occurring currents in the brain are due to the flow of ions.
There's no net electron transport taking place in these currents.

Chuck

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