The device has a deactivation circuit to interrupt transmission from the microphone to the earphone.
The rapid activation and deactivation of the electrical current allows the neuron to get ready to transmit the next message.
They are working on cylinder deactivation - the process by which some engine pistons don't work when they're not needed.
Finally, identical results were obtained when the deactivation protocol order was reversed (right, bilateral, then left).
Moreover, with a bilateral deactivation paradigm, we categorically eliminated attentional blindness as a major confound and contaminant of the data.
An important question requiring continued investigation in animals and humans relates to the cellular mechanisms underlying sleep deprivation-induced prefrontal deactivations and sleep-related restorative processes.
Our results imply a difference in the cellular mechanisms that give rise to deactivation and light adaptation.
Lightly shaded bars indicate baseline data collected prior to, and after, cooling deactivation.
