“…While it is common to say that a mammalian brain functions like a computer, this is a somewhat faulty idea, in part because the observation from [researcher`s] lab suggests that gap junctions cause “short circuiting” as part of the brain’s normal functions. (A real computer could not function if it short circuited.) It is possible that these short circuits in the mammalian brain generally enhance brain function and adaptation to the environment, such as by permitting creative thinking, the combining of isolated facts into new ideas.

Additionally, [other researcher] –- has proposed that excessive firing of these circuits along gap junctions may play a role in psychosis and mania.” Full Slice

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