{"id":230068,"date":"2026-01-29T01:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/neuron-position-found-less-crucial-for-brain-connectivity-than-once-thought"},"modified":"2026-01-29T01:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:07:41","slug":"neuron-position-found-less-crucial-for-brain-connectivity-than-once-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/neuron-position-found-less-crucial-for-brain-connectivity-than-once-thought","title":{"rendered":"Neuron position found less crucial for brain connectivity than once thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/neuron-position-found-less-crucial-for-brain-connectivity-than-once-thought2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the processing of sensory information, the encoding of memories, attention processes, and decision-making. For a long time, neuroscientists have assumed the position of specific neurons in the brain plays a key role in the brain\u2019s connectivity and proper functioning.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at University of Geneva, INSERM, Ecole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne and other institutes recently gathered evidence that contradicts this long-standing assumption, showing misplaced neurons can still retain their \u201cidentity,\u201d connect with other neurons and support the processing of sensory information.<\/p>\n<p>Their paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41593-025-02142-7\" target=\"_blank\">published in <i>Nature Neuroscience<\/i><\/a>, could reshape the present understanding of developmental disorders and other conditions linked to the rearrangement of neurons or cortical malformations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the processing of sensory information, the encoding of memories, attention processes, and decision-making. For a long time, neuroscientists have assumed the position of specific neurons in the brain plays a key role in the brain\u2019s connectivity and proper functioning. Researchers [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230068","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=230068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}