Fueling Brain Conversations (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Fueling Brain Conversations

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NIH scientists discovered that intense neural conversations thought to underlie learning and memory may be fueled by an energy-sensing feedback loop. Here scientist monitored energy levels in the form of ATP as neurons talked to each other.

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Courtesy of Sheng lab NINDS/NIH.

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