• SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social
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    1 year ago

    Good article, right length and enough detail to suggest what a breakthrough this could be.

    Fascinating to think that Parkinson’s patients neurons may be stuck decelerating constantly.

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    1 year ago

    Motor neurons are controlled by rewards. Motor neurons control movement.
    Therefore rewards control movement.

    Not a good headline.

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    We’ve known this for a long time. Dopamine neuron loss is the main cause of Parkinson’s disease, after all. But this study is the first to show definitively the function of dopamine in motor neuron control.

    • Exactly, one of my favorite aspects of science is regardless how apparent something may seem, statistically significant data or it didn’t happen. We actually don’t understand the entire mechanism behind fever or Tylenol, which is pretty wild to me!