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This Signal Type in the Brain Is a New One That Has Never Been Discovered Until Now!
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5/18/2025
Despite being human, there is still a lot about our own bodies we don’t understand, especially when it comes to our brains. And now neurologists have detected a new type of signal occurring between cells and they say it’s the first of its kind.
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Despite being humans, there is still a lot about our own bodies we don't understand,
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especially when it comes to our brains. And now neurologists have detected a new type
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of signal occurring between cells, and they say it's the first of its kind.
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The signals were first noticed a couple of years ago, but more recently doctors were
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able to examine brain tissue removed during surgeries, finding that there is a cluster
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of cells in the brain's outer cortex that uses calcium to fire neurons, not just the
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standard sodium ions. They're now calling these messages calcium-mediated dendritic action
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potentials. Action potentials refer to the depolarization that occurs in a neuron,
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signaling from one end to the next, and eventually through a synapse onto adjacent nerve cells.
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This all happens chemically at the end of each branching dendrite, and the researchers say
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this is a key point in unlocking our understanding of the brain's computational power. That's because
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dendrites are the gatekeepers of the nervous system, detecting whether or not an action potential is
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worth reporting to other parts of the body, with the researchers saying that the outer cortex
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is particularly packed with neurons and dendrite branches, and is responsible for high-level functions,
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even thought. Meaning, understanding these new signals could help us better understand the
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processes of the human brain.
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