NIH researchers discover how brain cells change their tune

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Study may advance fundamental understanding of how brain cells communicate

Brain cells talk to each other in a variety of tones. Sometimes they speak loudly but other times struggle to be heard. For many years scientists have asked why and how brain cells change tones so frequently. Today National Institutes of Health researchers showed that brief bursts of chemical energy coming from rapidly moving power plants, called mitochondria, may tune brain cell communication.