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> there's evidence that at least some neurons "record" information about their activity in the form of RNA Source? I'm not a neuroscientist, but I'd have thoug
by rewq4321 5y ago
> there's evidence that at least some neurons "record" information about their activity in the form of RNA
Source? I'm not a neuroscientist, but I'd have thought that I'd have heard of this if there were legit evidence. Are you saying that neurons might use RNA as a sort of "long-term" memory of activation patterns? This seems really unlikely! But again, I'm not a neuroscientist.
- skohan 5y agoHere are a couple articles: https://www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S0896-6273(18)30901-2.pdf https://www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S0896-6273(18)30901-2.pdf https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/26121/ https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/26121/
- solipsism 5y agoI'd have thought that I'd have heard of this if there were legit evidence Changes to DNA would be the long term changes, not RNA. But yes, look up epigenetics, and especially DNA methylation.
- samus 5y agoThis might be a reason why the immune system is kept outside from the brain.