{"id":459378,"date":"2018-04-04T09:39:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T13:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/04\/180404093926.htm"},"modified":"2018-04-04T09:39:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T13:39:26","slug":"mutation-of-worm-gene-swip-10-triggers-age-dependent-death-of-dopamine-neurons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=459378","title":{"rendered":"Mutation of worm gene, swip-10, triggers age-dependent death of dopamine neurons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at dopamine neurons in a tiny worm&#8217;s brain, scientists have identified a novel pathway that sustains the health of these cells. The normal actions of swip-10 to protect dopamine neurons are indirect, derived from the gene&#8217;s action in support cells called glia, adjacent to the dopamine neurons. Glial cells are known to play a critical role in shaping neuronal development, structure, and function, but, this study offers a clear demonstration that they also keep dopamine cells alive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at dopamine neurons in a tiny worm&#8217;s brain, scientists have identified a novel pathway that sustains the health of these cells. The normal actions of swip-10 to protect dopamine neurons are indirect, derived from the gene&#8217;s action in support ce&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=459378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459379,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459378\/revisions\/459379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=459378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=459378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=459378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}