{"id":216459,"date":"2025-06-23T13:18:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/detailed-imaging-of-key-receptors-suggests-new-avenue-for-repairing-brain-function"},"modified":"2025-06-23T13:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:18:34","slug":"detailed-imaging-of-key-receptors-suggests-new-avenue-for-repairing-brain-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/detailed-imaging-of-key-receptors-suggests-new-avenue-for-repairing-brain-function","title":{"rendered":"Detailed imaging of key receptors suggests new avenue for repairing brain function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/detailed-imaging-of-key-receptors-suggests-new-avenue-for-repairing-brain-function.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, scientists using cryo-electron microscopy have discovered the structure and shape of key receptors connecting neurons in the brain\u2019s cerebellum, which is located behind the brainstem and plays a critical role in functions such as coordinating movement, balance and cognition.<\/p>\n<p>The research, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-09289-0\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in <i>Nature<\/i>, provides new insight that could lead to the development of therapies to repair these structures when they are disrupted either by injury or <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/genetic+mutations\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">genetic mutations<\/a> affecting <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/motor+skills\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">motor skills <\/a>\u2014sitting, standing, walking, running, and jumping\u2014learning and memory.<\/p>\n<p>The study, by scientists at Oregon Health &amp; Science University, reveals the organization of a specific type of glutamate receptor\u2014a <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/chemical+neurotransmitter\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">chemical neurotransmitter<\/a> that conveys signals between neurons and is considered the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain\u2014bound together with proteins clustered on synapses, or junctions, between neurons in the cerebellum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, scientists using cryo-electron microscopy have discovered the structure and shape of key receptors connecting neurons in the brain\u2019s cerebellum, which is located behind the brainstem and plays a critical role in functions such as coordinating movement, balance and cognition. The research, published in Nature, provides new insight that could lead to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,412,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-genetics","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216459","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\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}