{"id":168937,"date":"2023-08-02T18:25:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/scientists-discover-a-unique-group-of-neurons-with-a-remarkable-ability"},"modified":"2023-08-02T18:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:25:24","slug":"scientists-discover-a-unique-group-of-neurons-with-a-remarkable-ability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/scientists-discover-a-unique-group-of-neurons-with-a-remarkable-ability","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover a Unique Group of Neurons With a Remarkable Ability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-a-unique-group-of-neurons-with-a-remarkable-ability2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A group of nerve cells in the brain displays a remarkable ability to halt all forms of movement, as revealed by a recent study conducted on mice. This finding contributes significantly to our understanding of how the nervous system exercises control over our movements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a hunting dog detects the scents of a deer, it sometimes completely freezes. This phenomenon can also be observed in humans who must focus intently on a complex task.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a recent discovery contributes to our understanding of what happens in the brain when we abruptly stop moving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of nerve cells in the brain displays a remarkable ability to halt all forms of movement, as revealed by a recent study conducted on mice. This finding contributes significantly to our understanding of how the nervous system exercises control over our movements. When a hunting dog detects the scents of a deer, it [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168937","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}