{"id":199552,"date":"2024-11-15T19:27:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T01:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/nmda-stabilizes-brain-activity"},"modified":"2024-11-15T19:27:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T01:27:15","slug":"nmda-stabilizes-brain-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/nmda-stabilizes-brain-activity","title":{"rendered":"NMDA Stabilizes Brain Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/nmda-stabilizes-brain-activity3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>Researchers have discovered that the NMDA receptor (NMDAR), known for its role in learning and memory, also stabilizes brain activity by setting baseline neural network activity. This stabilization supports the brain\u2019s adaptability amid constant environmental and physiological changes.<\/p>\n<p>The study revealed that blocking NMDARs disrupted this baseline, highlighting their critical role in maintaining neural homeostasis. Findings may revolutionize treatments for conditions like depression, Alzheimer\u2019s, and epilepsy by leveraging NMDAR\u2019s role in brain stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Researchers have discovered that the NMDA receptor (NMDAR), known for its role in learning and memory, also stabilizes brain activity by setting baseline neural network activity. This stabilization supports the brain\u2019s adaptability amid constant environmental and physiological changes. The study revealed that blocking NMDARs disrupted this baseline, highlighting their critical role in maintaining neural [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199552","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\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}