{"id":138534,"date":"2022-04-24T11:03:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T16:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/scientists-find-an-enzyme-that-may-stop-brain-activity-getting-out-of-control"},"modified":"2022-04-24T11:03:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T16:03:32","slug":"scientists-find-an-enzyme-that-may-stop-brain-activity-getting-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/scientists-find-an-enzyme-that-may-stop-brain-activity-getting-out-of-control","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Find an Enzyme That May Stop Brain Activity Getting Out of Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-find-an-enzyme-that-may-stop-brain-activity-getting-out-of-control3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our brains are awash with various unsung chemical heroes, making sure the electrical signals traveling all over the place don\u2019t get out of control.<\/p>\n<p>A new mouse study has now detailed the function of a pair of proteins vital to maintaining this balance \u2013 this could help us better understand a range of neurological disorders from epilepsy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/schizophrenia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"schizophrenia\">schizophrenia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two proteins \u2013 Rab3-interacting molecule 1 (RIM1) and an enzyme called serine arginine protein kinase 2 (SRPK2) \u2013 work together to modify the transmission of information across the gaps between nerves called synapses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our brains are awash with various unsung chemical heroes, making sure the electrical signals traveling all over the place don\u2019t get out of control. A new mouse study has now detailed the function of a pair of proteins vital to maintaining this balance \u2013 this could help us better understand a range of neurological disorders [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138534","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\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}