for the mechanisms of cortical operation, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in Neuron.... The findings demonstrate the inhibitory network is central to controlling not only the amplitude, extent and duration of activation of recurrent excitatory cortical networks, but also the precise timing of action potentials, and, thus, network synchronization..." -- Posted by Anthony Beavers to Cognitive Science News at 8/28/2005 07:18:20 AM Email: "engin i. erdem"<erdemen...@gmail.com> ** *Worldwatch Projects Catastrophe Will Be Most Costly Weather-Related Disaster in History* *Washington, D.C.-* The overwhelming human and financial impacts of Hurricane Katrina are powerful evidence that political and economic decisions made in the United States and other countries have failed to account for our dependence on a healthy resource base, according to an assessment released today by the