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Os químicos de Nebraska descobriram que uma mudança muito natural e leve em uma molécula pode ditar quais receptores de células nervosas o

A team of researchers from the University of Nebraska used a sea slug to recently examine how neurons can be activated through biomolecular tweaks | Chemistry And Physics

With the aid of some sea slugs, University of Nebraska–Lincoln chemists have discovered that one of the smallest conceivable tweaks to a biomolecule can elicit one of the grandest conceivable consequences: directing the activation of neurons.

Researchers discovered that the orientation of a single amino acid in a sea slug can determine which neuron receptor is activated, leading to different types of neuronal activities. This finding sheds light on how the brain can regulate communication between cells in different ways.