{"id":125226,"date":"2021-07-21T08:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/brain-noise-keeps-nerve-connections-young"},"modified":"2021-07-21T08:22:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:22:56","slug":"brain-noise-keeps-nerve-connections-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/brain-noise-keeps-nerve-connections-young","title":{"rendered":"Brain \u2018Noise\u2019 Keeps Nerve Connections Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/brain-noise-keeps-nerve-connections-young2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The findings, published in Nature Communications, could have important implications for human health: minis have been found at every type of synapse studied so far, and defects in miniature neurotransmission have been linked to range of neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Figuring out how a reduction in miniature neurotransmission changes the structure of synapses, and how that in turn affects behavior, could help to better understand neurodegenerative disorders and other brain conditions.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong><em>Summary: <\/em><\/strong><em>Study reveals how miniature release events help to keep neurons intact and preserve motor neuron function in aging insects.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source: <\/em><\/strong><em>EPFL<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neurons communicate through rapid electrical signals that regulate the release of neurotransmitters, the brain\u2019s chemical messengers. Once transmitted across a neuron, electrical signals cause the juncture with another neuron, known as a synapse, to release droplets filled with neurotransmitters that pass the information on to the next neuron. This type of neuron-to-neuron communication is known as evoked neurotransmission.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, some neurotransmitter-packed droplets are released at the synapse even in the absence of electrical impulses. These miniature release events \u2014 or minis \u2014 have long been regarded as \u2018background noise\u2019, says Brian McCabe, Director of the Laboratory of Neural Genetics and Disease and a Professor in the EPFL Brain Mind Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The findings, published in Nature Communications, could have important implications for human health: minis have been found at every type of synapse studied so far, and defects in miniature neurotransmission have been linked to range of neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Figuring out how a reduction in miniature neurotransmission changes the structure of synapses, and how [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,412,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-genetics","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}