Sentences with phrase «calcium ions also»

Calcium ions also allow neurons to signal one another, which ties in to the gut - brain - skin axis.

The calcium ion also forces the electrons in the water molecule to shift, a phenomenon called electronic polarization.

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Researchers discovered additional salt ions — potassium, magnesium, and calcium, among others — are also increasing in the country's freshwater rivers.

We also know how the enzyme changes shape when exposed to different environmental impacts, such as the concentration of calcium ions changes,» explains Thomas J.D. Jørgensen.

«The sperm pumps out calcium and takes in hydrogen ions, which seems to give it that last push into the egg, and also is critical to starting the zygote's life.»

Astrocytes also form their own long - distance communication networks by «talking» via waves of calcium ions, and, like neurons, they can receive and release neurotransmitters.

The researchers also identified the molecular mechanisms — particularly the role of signals from calcium ions — involved in this effect.

Wolfram syndrome is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding a protein called wolframin, which resides in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum — another cellular compartment that functions as a manufacturing and packaging system and also acts as a reservoir for calcium ions.

These, such as verapamil, diltiazem, nifedipine, nitrendipine and nimodipine are not only widely used to treat hypertension, and hence might affect cognition by increasing cerebral blood flow, but also block the entry of calcium ions into neurons.

They also showed that a calcium chelator, which binds any free calcium ions, prevented the expression of Nodal, one of the key left - right genes.

Early research with UTA graduate student Austin McDonald identified a chemical compound called FLUO - 3 that not only works with calcium ions but is also sensitive to barium.

Acidification increases the corrosiveness of the water and is also driving a decline in the amount of carbonate ion, needed to make aragonite and calcite, two forms of calcium carbonate that many marine organisms use to build their shells and skeletons.

It's also an excellent source of vitamin C, ion, calcium, potassium, magnesium, and dietary fiber.

Accumilation of Lactic Acid also decreases muscle power by displacing Calcium ions that are essential to the process of muscle contraction.

This amino acid also allows the arteries to relax by regulating calcium ions, further supporting a healthy heart function34.

Magnesium also plays a role in the active transport of calcium and potassium ions across cell membranes, a process that is important to nerve impulse conduction, muscle contraction, and normal heart rhythm [3].

With Gold bead Implants, the Gold beads are placed at acupuncture points around the affected joints and the positively charged Gold beads flood the joint continuously with positive ions thus neutralizing the negative ions and the acid also causing the body to dissolve the boney calcium deposits and reversing boney arthritis and alleviating pain.