It may surprise you that your brain Also creates chaos as it operates, according to researchers at the University of Bonn.
This recent study shows neurons that relay information in much more chaotic ways than previously thought, as a way to fuel neighboring cells.
Check out details of this study in the current issue of Nature Neuroscience.
In earlier posts, I’d shown cells that get key signals through little extensions called dendrites. Researchers illustrated – and Brain Based Business highlighted how dendrites pass on electrical impulses to the cell body, or soma, where they’re processed.
Then completed results get passed along by axons, that carry electrical signals into a synapse.
The brain converts these signals when synapses release chemicals, or neurotransmitters, into the dendrites, where they create new electrical impulses. Researchers assumed that neurotransmitters released only at synapses, but find this is not the case."
Glutamate, one of the most important neurotransmitters, appears to release at other points apart from the synapses. Since too much glutamate kills off brain cells, it’s also significant to see it’s pathways through your brain, and to learn how to control its activity. Stay tuned for more on this exciting find!
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