Jad Abumrad

Like, you know how the wave goes up and down, up and down, or round and round and round if you're on Fenway?

It's only at this moment, say, that one group gets to talk.

The problem is his buddy, he can only talk at this moment.

And the neurons next door, they can only talk at this moment.

Next group, same deal.

Everybody gets a turn to talk, but they can't talk to each other because they're on slightly different schedules.

When they're talking, the others can't listen.

So there's still a lot of talking going on, but consciousness seems to be the brain talking and listening to itself.

So when that slow wave rolls around, the neurons can't all fire at the same time and talk to one another.

And in that state, it would be impossible to be conscious.

It might be early to say, but does it feel kind of like you cracked the code?

Crack the Coke?

Really?

That's a little bold.

What would it mean to Patrick?

I'll keep the turnover team out of season three.

is that in very practical terms, he can now peek into that black box of the brain.

Okay, here I am, I'm wearing my scrubs.

For example, Patrick and his colleague, Emery Brown.

I'm an anesthesiologist here at Mass General.