{"id":216989,"date":"2025-07-02T02:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/proteins-important-in-brain-communication-have-different-roles-than-previously-thought"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:13:51","slug":"proteins-important-in-brain-communication-have-different-roles-than-previously-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/proteins-important-in-brain-communication-have-different-roles-than-previously-thought","title":{"rendered":"Proteins important in brain communication have different roles than previously thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/proteins-important-in-brain-communication-have-different-roles-than-previously-thought2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cellular communication between neurons within our brain is complex and busy, much like a USPS mailroom.<\/p>\n<p>To keep things running smoothly, the brain uses specialized molecules, termed alpha-2-delta (\u03b12\u03b4) proteins, to coordinate the sending and receival of signals between nerve cells in the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Genetic variations in these types of proteins can impact important brain messaging and function, resulting in chronic pain, <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/autism+spectrum+disorders\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">autism spectrum disorders<\/a>, epilepsy, migraines, and other conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cellular communication between neurons within our brain is complex and busy, much like a USPS mailroom. To keep things running smoothly, the brain uses specialized molecules, termed alpha-2-delta (\u03b12\u03b4) proteins, to coordinate the sending and receival of signals between nerve cells in the brain. Genetic variations in these types of proteins can impact important brain [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[412,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genetics","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216989","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\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}