/channels/news_feeds/all/term/behavioural%20analysis/rss en /channels/channels/news/cell-structure-previously-associated-disease-actually-improves-brain-function-331842 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers at ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û have shown that a brain cell structure previously thought to be pathological in fact enhances cells’ ability to transmit information and correlates with better learning on certain tasks.</p> <p>In a study published in <i>Nature Communications</i>, the team investigated swellings that occur in the axons of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum. In results that contradict established expectations, they found that axons with swellings did a better job of conducting electrical signals than those without.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/purkinje.png?itok=YiYH2__7" width="160" height="284" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:43:30 +0000 webfull 171527 at /channels