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New Study Finds That Neurons Actively Fine Tune Themselves at the Genetic Level

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A new study provides the first biological evidence that neurons are finely “tuning” their own molecular-level machinery to regulate this flow of ions and thus their electrical charge.

The research is in Current Biology. (full access paywall)

Research: “Activity-Dependent Feedback Regulates Correlated Ion Channel mRNA Levels in Single Identified Motor Neurons” by Simone Temporal, Kawasi M. Lett, and David J. Schulz in Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.067

Image: The researchers tested their hypothesis using a cluster of neurons called the stomatogastric ganglion that is at the center of a network of nerves and muscles that helps process food in the Jonah crab. This image is for illustrative purposes only and shows the stomatogastric ganglion of a Jonah crab. This image is not connected to the research. Credit Wstein.

(via preppybiologist)

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