The Hidden Electrical World Inside Your Body

Our bodies rely on an ultrafast nervous system to send impulses very quickly and it all starts with a special cell called the neuron. In this episode, Patrick will explain how these cells tell your body what to do.

What's so amazing about one's sense of touch is how it’s actually multiple senses wrapped into one—the same tissue that senses hot and cold also senses pressure, texture, and even pain signals.

The nervous system, one of our most intricate bodily systems handles motor control among many other things. And the nervous system is fast, with some nervous impulses traveling up to 120 meters a second, or over 260 miles an hour, which, for the record, is faster than a race car.

This ultrafast but diverse type of signaling is thanks in part to a long, spindly cell called the neuron that makes up the nervous system.

So in this episode of Human, Patrick will take a deep dive into how the nervous system can transmit information so quickly, taking a closer look at the neuron and how scientists are getting closer to reconstructing the sense of touch in the lab.

We will explore the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, and all the things in between. Watch to find out more.

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Introduction to the Nervous System
“The nervous system is the major controlling, regulatory, and communicating system in the body. It is the center of all mental activity including thought, learning, and memory. Together with the endocrine system, the nervous system is responsible for regulating and maintaining homeostasis.”

It feels instantaneous, but how long does it really take to think a thought?
“As inquisitive beings, we are constantly questioning and quantifying the speed of various things. With a fair degree of accuracy, scientists have quantified the speed of light, the speed of sound, the speed at which the earth revolves around the sun, the speed at which hummingbirds beat their wings, the average speed of continental drift. These values are all well-characterized. But what about the speed of thought?”

New prosthetic limbs go beyond the functional to allow people to ‘feel’ again
“Phantom pain was all that Keven Walgamott had left of the limb he lost in an accident over a decade ago — until he tried on the LUKE Arm for the first time in 2017, and told researchers that he could “feel” again. The arm is a motorized and sensorized prosthetic that has been in development for over 15 years by a team at the University of Utah.”

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This Seeker health miniseries will dive deep into the cellular structures, human systems, and overall anatomy that work together to keep our bodies going. Using the visual structure and quick pacing of Seeker’s Sick series, these human bio-focused episodes will give a new audience an inside look on what’s happening inside all of us.

[pennygoesfishing]

You are the light. The body you are in is only a container that holds you in place fo experience of life...

[TheDarkserpent]

I like anatomy so much, and I'm a health professional, and there is so much we don't know yet, it's crazy how complex we are, the metabolic system is insane complex.

[SSilivone]

Whoever designed my system made it sure emphasis was on the *nervous* part.

[onalennasehume]

How come when you cut yourself, sometimes you realize it and sometimes you don't? And when you look at the cut, only then you feel the pain?

[rajeshwarsharma]

Whenever there is electrical system, there is magnetism (as physists say two aspects of the same thing) giving rise to electromagnetic forces. I hope one day we can fully understand the entire energy systems including how our holographic mental images, thoughts and the mind are made.

[ThomasAlex]

Love this seeker human mini series. I end up learning a lot and it gives also gives me good videos to recommend to other. The host, Patrick, honestly does an amazing job

[RoadkillbunnyUK]

And when it goes wrong, it goes wrong in a catastrophic way.
I have Ataxia that it literally destroying my cerebellum (the area of your brain responsible for balance, muscle control, parts of speech and ability to swallow among other things). I also have sensory and motor peripheral neuropathy. Ataxia can be its own genetic disorder with many different forms but for me all this ongoing damage is caused by a genetic metabolic disorder so also effects my digestive system. The most devastating is the neuropathic damage, I can no longer walk without a frame (or indoors using a stick and grabbing onto furniture, walls and grab rails that have needed to be installed) and for anything more than a very short distance I now need to use a wheelchair. My condition is what is called ‘life limiting’.
The nervous system is so complex that there is still very little known about how it all works, when it goes wrong there is little to no treatment, you just have to learn to adjust and medicate for the hellish pain levels, muscle spasms and the like. Just in my lifetime of dealing with my rare and possibly even unique to me disorder knowledge has improved in leaps and bounds, hopefully one thing that can be gained by study of my disorder and others like me is knowledge to help those who come after me.

[sebastianelytron]

What did little Johnny's mother do when she caught him zapping the other children with static electricity?




She grounded him.

[AlejandroFerrariMc]

As someone with MS, I can tell you; when this system fails, you have a very bad time. :(

[KomodoDragon]

I'd like to see a video focus on bio-electricity produced in the body.

[rainwilber]

It is truly amazing how all these complex systems work in balance and symmetry... And it cannot be stressed enough, that for those who seek, what you put into the physical body is important to the various systems optimal functioning. Also, if the system contains intricate electrical components and we are to understand (to even a minute degree) how some of these systems work, there must be some sort of meditation, in order to have a calm enough mind to gain insight (Whether or not one could interact with these electrical systems - such as slowing heart rate - has actually proven to be possible with meditation).

[Master_Therion]

5:00 I hate those cells that grow around the Axon to make the Myelin Sheath. They really get on my nerves.

[ChrisG]

Lol at the background music. I feel like I'm in an 80's infomercial

[sandradixon]

Our body is designed in such a wonderful way! It cannot possibly have evolved. Where there is design there must be a Designer.

[Noneblue]

I just remembered that I took a neuro college course on this topic . Good vid

[aimankashif]

even though all the information was well known;
I LOVED THE PRESENTATION <3 sharing this with everyone

[zch]

All the more reasons to come to Youtube is to fully understand our human makeup. You guys are superhumans.

[connecticutaggie]

Nerves (and muscles and many other cells) are not just chemical, they are also electrical. Without this aspect of the cells, electrical devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, EKGs, EEGs, and nerve stimulators would no work. It would be helpful if you also discussed the electrical aspect of the nervous and muscular system.

[KingaGorski]

Amazing how we can intensify the electrical charges in our body with breath work 🙌

[impulse]

AHAHAH the most entertaining part is in the end, cheese hanging out of his face, for that I will thumbs up!