A team of Japanese researchers has shed light on why the brain's left side is functionally different from its right side by finding structural differences of synapses, points where electrical signals move from one nerve cell to another.
While language understanding is a function performed by left hemisphere of the brain, the right hemisphere of the brain looks after spatial recognition.
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Investigating the electron microscopic structure of synapses in left and right hippocampus, the team found that synapses made by terminals from the right hippocampus were large, complex in shape, and rich in the GluR1 subunit of AMPA-type glutamate receptors.
On the other hand, synapses receiving input from the left hippocampus were small and rich in the NR2B subunit of NMDA receptors.
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Long-term potentiaon (LTP), that is known as the cellular mechanism of learning and memory, depends on the allocation of glutamate receptors in hippocampus. According to our present finding, synapses receiving right input may be more suitable to initiate LTP. This finding may help understand how our left and right brains work differently, said Prof Shigemoto of the Japanese team.
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