{"id":145605,"date":"2022-09-04T13:23:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T18:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/new-discovery-synapse-hiding-in-the-mice-brain-may-advance-our-understanding-of-neuronal-communication"},"modified":"2022-09-04T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T18:23:43","slug":"new-discovery-synapse-hiding-in-the-mice-brain-may-advance-our-understanding-of-neuronal-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/new-discovery-synapse-hiding-in-the-mice-brain-may-advance-our-understanding-of-neuronal-communication","title":{"rendered":"New discovery: Synapse hiding in the mice brain may advance our understanding of neuronal communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-discovery-synapse-hiding-in-the-mice-brain-may-advance-our-understanding-of-neuronal-communication2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest study focused on serotonin receptors in the brain, crucial for memory, fear, and attentiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have discovered a new type of synapse hiding in the brains of mice. Researchers at HHMI\u2019s Janelia Research Campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis special synapse represents a way to change what is being transcribed or made in the nucleus, and that changes whole programs,\u201d said David Clapham, Janelia\u2019s senior group leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe effects in the cell are not just short-term \u2014 some can be long-term,\u201d added the study\u2019s lead author.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Whitehoune\/iStock.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at HHMI\u2019s Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, have found this new kind of synapse in the tiny hairs on the surface of mice neurons, according to a press release published by the institute on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/new-discovery-synapse-hiding-in-the-mice-brain-may-advance-our-understanding-of-neuronal-communication\">Continue reading \u201cNew discovery: Synapse hiding in the mice brain may advance our understanding of neuronal communication\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest study focused on serotonin receptors in the brain, crucial for memory, fear, and attentiveness. Scientists have discovered a new type of synapse hiding in the brains of mice. Researchers at HHMI\u2019s Janelia Research Campus. \u201cThis special synapse represents a way to change what is being transcribed or made in the nucleus, and that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145605","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\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}