The signal strength surprisingly fluctuated when mitochondria moved away from boutons. The results suggested that the presence of stationary power plants at synapses controls the stability of the nerve signal strength. To test this idea further, the researchers manipulated mitochondrial movement in axons by changing levels of syntaphilin, a protein that helps anchor mitochondria to the nerve cell's skeleton found inside axons. Removal of syntaphilin resulted in ...Saturday, 27 July 2013
How Brain Cells Change Their Tune, Discovered
The signal strength surprisingly fluctuated when mitochondria moved away from boutons. The results suggested that the presence of stationary power plants at synapses controls the stability of the nerve signal strength. To test this idea further, the researchers manipulated mitochondrial movement in axons by changing levels of syntaphilin, a protein that helps anchor mitochondria to the nerve cell's skeleton found inside axons. Removal of syntaphilin resulted in ...
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