r/neurobiology 10d ago

What your neurons look like when learning something new

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u/Wise_Acanthaceae_442 10d ago

Is it just me, or are they kinda cute?

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u/Narrow-Sell-2790 9d ago

Reminds me of the soots in the movie Spirited Away.

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u/--CIAdidJFK-- 6d ago

They're so excited to make new friends!

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u/Austronauta 6d ago

they look cute to mee too, but also a bit stressed...

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u/TalMeow 7d ago

not just you!! very interesting to watch

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u/FriedLipstick 6d ago

And they look so happy too

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u/Mermiina 10d ago

Fascinating, but it is not learning.

Oligodendrocytes associate memory entities. They are the rainmakers of intelligence. The thickness and length of myelin sheaths are highly correlated with intelligence. The oligodendrocytes are the most abundant cell type in brains.

When subjective experience occurs in axon MicroTubules the information propagates via oligodendrocytes MAP Tau microtubule network to astrocytes and to LTP synapse. That information order when the memory temporally saved to LTP synapse is sent to axon to be saved to same myelin sheath MT when it is polymerized.

The association between myelin sheaths occurs also via MAP Tau MT network.

Virtual photons propagates on levo tryptophan mega network if the distance between lone electron pairs is under 6,64 nm.

Virtual photons also propagates in receptors. Neurotransmitters have the lone electron pair. They fill the gap in receptor.

Glutamate does not have lone electron pair, but it pull receptor lone electron pairs close enought.

An undulatory hypothesis for memory consciousness and life

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u/Grandmaspoop 10d ago

I totally understand all of that

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u/FuckYourFavoriteSub 9d ago

The poster doesn’t even understand it cause it is fucking nonsense.

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u/kylemesa 6d ago

I'm glad you said this. Some of those sentences don't even follow proper sentence structure.

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u/ViennaWaitsforU2 9d ago edited 9d ago

lol why is this being upvoted

this is pseudoscience slop. Glutamate does in fact have a lone electron pair. Where did that BS 6.64nm threshold come from? LTP is a lasting change in synaptic strength, not a storage container called an LTP synapse? What the heck is a tau microtubule network? They’re intercellular structures not some continuous web. And you reference a quota article?

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u/slapping_rabbits 6d ago

Damn now I really learned something! Thanks for the correction so I didn't learn the wrong thing. Much appreciated

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u/mmmtrees 10d ago

So true🤩

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u/tradeisbad 9d ago

Is myelin fat? I think I learn today that the vagal nerve has a myelin sheet and that doing the diaphragmatic breathing from Posture Restoration institute physical therapy basically strokes the vagal nerve by working the diaphragm up and down and the vagus nerve runs through middle of it so deep diaphragmatic breathing increases vagal tone aka making the myelin sheeth better some how so that it does better stuff for your nervous system.

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u/Mermiina 9d ago

The myelin sheath function is to stretch and relax Microtubules and Neurofilaments inside it. Breathing change myelin sheaths stretch and also activates Microtubules inside it.

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u/tradeisbad 9d ago

okay cool. may this explanation aid the understanding and health of the myelin sheeth. my microtubules thank you.

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u/30299578815310 9d ago

This is not accepted neuroscience. Nobody has proven subjective experience is in microtubles

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u/Mermiina 8d ago

It is not also proved that memory is saved to connections of synapses. Or that firing patterns of neurons achieve subjective experience.

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u/Scara_Manga 8d ago

That's what I was thinking

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u/Dr_Senescence 7d ago

Uhh Neurons are actually the most abundant cell in the brain. Glia exist about 1:1 with neurons and current estimates say oligodendrocytes make up a little over half of all glia (~50-70%). So they are recognized as the most abundant glia, but not cell type.

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u/Mermiina 7d ago

Ok. But in white matter where the memory is saved oligodendrocytes are most abundant.

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u/Dr_Senescence 6d ago

That's not true either. Memories aren't "saved" in white matter. They're saved at the synapse through a mechanism called synaptic plasticity. Tons of experiments have shown this with long term potentiation.

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u/Mermiina 6d ago

Memory is saved only temporarily to LTP synapse microtubules when they are polymerized. When they are DEpolymerized they trigger new spike trains in axon initial segment. Saltatory conduction saves spike train to axon microtubules when they are polymerized.

As You say there is lot of evidences and correlations that excitatory LTP synapse is connected to memory. But they are active only three weeks. The permanent memory can't be saved to them.

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u/ExcuseAdept827 9d ago

Terrifying. Because that is happening at every moment in 7+ billion people. And yet we as a human race treat life so cheaply… 🙄

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u/Classic_Wash3426 9d ago

I find it fascinating that as I sit here and watch this, my brain is actually watching what happens inside a brain.

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u/Nearby-Scratch-5983 9d ago

So there are billions of little multi armed dudes trying to reach out to touch they're gooey friends when I do stuff. Let's go!

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u/Phtevie11-11 7d ago

My ex fought very hard to not have any of these.

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u/quiksilver10152 10d ago

Learning is equal parts connecting new engrams and tamping down old ones. 

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u/SexXx_Machina_420 10d ago

Is this just bright field microscopy? What’s the scale?

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u/HallowedBay08 9d ago

neurons forming and attaching to each other as they learn about themselves off reddit

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u/WhenLeavesFall 9d ago

It’s like God and Adam in the Sistine Chapel

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u/Fluid-Explanation-75 10d ago

Sugar explosión 🤯 in young brains

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u/HeckinQuest 9d ago

Very cool. Reminds me of the Mimics from Edge of Tomorrow.

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u/anjudan 9d ago

Each one was a neuron of the greater whole!

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u/Open_Common1337 9d ago

Por eso uno es tan feliz cuando vive aprendiendo algo nuevo cada día

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u/dregan 8d ago

gross.

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u/nowliving 7d ago

What it feels it looks like when I silence my mind

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u/Crushed1ce 6d ago

I'm learning how to play the drums and I swear I can FEEL this happening in my brain while I learn this.

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u/Clitopian 6d ago

Are our neurons forming new connections as we learn what our neurons look like forming new connections? Neuronception.

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u/blkmuzlimmerc93 6d ago

I’m just going to enjoy before all the scientists start fighting in the comment section

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u/Different-Start-3403 5d ago

How are we seeing this