Sentences with phrase «abnormal levels in»

These five known hormones appear to be at abnormal levels in people with IBS, either higher or lower than expected.

Not exact matches

Still, after accounting for the possibilities of some specific equities experiencing a disproportionate share of mini flash crashes, and variations in trading activity creating more opportunities for mini flash crashes to occur, the evidence continues to suggest that an abnormal level of instability could have been detected in the U.S. equity market during the test window on October 15, 2014.

In other words, there won't be a useful signal from GOFO until official US$ interest rates move up to more normal — or at least up to less abnormal — levels.

Whey protein may cause abnormal heart rhythms, changes in cholesterol levels, headache, increased diabetes risk, increased fracture or osteoporosis risk, kidney dysfunction, liver damage, stomach or intestine symptoms (acid reflux, bloating, constipation, cramps, gas, increased bowel movements, movement problems, nausea, reduced appetite, swelling of limbs, and upset stomach), and thirst.

Children's stress rates improved, too: Their daily patterns of rising and falling levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone, were no longer abnormal, as is often the case with children in the high - stress situation that is foster care.

Recommendation: Do not give your child potassium supplements: not only are they unnecessary, they can cause excessively high potassium levels in the blood, resulting in an abnormal heart rhythm.

Keep in mind, too, that infants usually require more frequent glucose testing than older children because they can not tell you if they are experiencing symptoms of abnormal blood sugar levels.

Abnormal levels of neurotransmitters in the brain may play a biochemical role.

Two markedly different oxygenation levels in the 2 limbs would be an abnormal finding and require a follow up echocardiogram (ultrasound imagery of the heart) and a consult with a cardiologist.

Anxiety in children is not abnormal, but when it escalates to Kim's levels, it is a concern.

In the teen cortisol study, Roisman's team found that maternal sensitivity was an independent predictor of abnormal cortisol patterns: Teens with low morning cortisol levels were more likely to have had moms who were emotionally unsupportive, hostile, or disrespectful of their children's needs for autonomy and independent exploration.

The study also discovered that microscopic spasms in capillaries occur, albeit with lower frequency, during normal brain function, too, suggesting that one problem caused by epilepsy is that seizures drive these vasospasms to abnormal levels.

Their analysis of data in previous studies done by The Cancer Genome Atlas group have shown that the types of abnormal methylation levels they found are lower in smokers who have quit for more than 10 years than those who have not quit.

They only found high abnormal levels of in a few chemicals in some samples.

Two protein molecules that fit together as lock and key seem to promote the abnormal formation of blood vessels in joints affected by rheumatoid arthritis, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, who found that the substances are present at higher levels in the joints of patients affected by the disease.

The researchers found that HAND2 methylation is already increased in premalignant endometrial lesions (cancer - prone, abnormal - looking tissue) compared to normal endometrium, and that a high level of methylation predicted a poor response to progesterone treatment (which stops the growth of some pre-cancerous endometrial lesions).

A storm surge is an abnormal increase in the local sea level.

Men with higher levels of DDE — a breakdown product of the pesticide DDT — and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were used in transistors and electronics, at 14 years old had higher rates of abnormal sperm.

Healthy plasma cells produce antibodies that fight infection in the body, but myeloma cells produce high levels of abnormal antibodies that, when the cancer cells accumulate, they crowd out production of other important blood cells, both red and white.

Benoit's levels of testosterone were 10 times normal, but as Sperry was quoted as pointing out, An elevation of that ratio does not translate into something abnormal in a person's thought process or behavior.

They also expressed abnormal levels of proteins involved in neurodegenerative conditions.

The authors said that this result suggests that the reason bacterial numbers are so high in these mice, and, by extension, human LAD patients, is not because of a defect in the immune system's surveillance mechanism but because of the inflammation caused by the immune system's abnormal response to normal levels of bacteria in the gums.

An oocyte with decreased Topoiosmerase II levels in heterochromatic region of the X chromosome (green) failed to separate while heterochromatic region of the 4th chromosome (red) is stretched into abnormal projections.

Abnormal FGF23 levels are found in many disease states.

The report indicates that Sestrin 3 plays a critical role in regulating molecular pathways that control the production of glucose and insulin sensitivity in the liver, making it a logical target for drug development for type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which can produce increased blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels and insulin resistance.

The mice had symptoms such as abnormal brain function, impaired memory and high levels of either amyloid - beta or tau proteins in the brain.

Recent studies have deciphered a microRNA «signature» associated with cancer: The levels of certain microRNAs in tissue from different cancers are abnormal — usually more abundant — compared with the tissues from healthy people.

In theory, these neurons should contain much higher levels of abnormal prion protein tangles than does CSF because they are directly connected to the brain, Caughey notes.

They found that tissue with high levels of epileptic electrical activity was low in lactate and had higher levels of creatine, phosphocreatine and choline, suggestive of abnormal metabolism.

They found that normal cells grow faster when in an organoid with cells expressing RasG12V at low levels, but required more than one mutant cell to kick - start this abnormal growth.

Previous studies from this group have shown that lowering tau levels reduces abnormal brain activity in models of Alzheimer's disease, but this is the first demonstration that tau reduction may also be beneficial in intractable genetic epilepsy.

The data revealed a pattern in which the patients who failed treatment had abnormal levels of CNAs at CFSs.

Brodsky was part of a team that developed the modified Ham test that measures levels of components of serum,, a protein - rich liquid in blood, and showed it was effective in diagnosing atypical hemolytic - uremic syndrome (aHUS), a genetic disorder in which abnormal blood clots form in small blood vessels in the kidneys.

In this study, a team of researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School hypothesised that the changes associated with B12 deficiency may be the result of abnormal levels of leptin — the hormone that tells us we are full after eating.

«We wanted to find the link between the abnormal structure of synapses in the FXS mouse, and the behavioral abnormalities at the level of brain circuits; that had not been previously established,» said senior author Dr. Carlos Portera - Cailliau, an associate professor in the departments of neurology and neurobiology.

Yet Borghetti sees a disturbing precedent in the ECJ ruling that any «abnormal and particularly serious damage» to a recipient could be reason to find a vaccine defective, even if its population - level benefits outweigh the risks.

It is also associated with abnormal cytokine levels in the brain, and with autoimmunity.

[71] In a study review of neurological and neurocognitive data (Bünning and Blanke, 2005) wrote that OBEs are due to «functional disintegration of lower - level multisensory processing and abnormal higher - level self - processing at the temporoparietal junction.»

The scientists also have demonstrated in animals that the PKal molecular pathway can induce retinal edema through mechanisms that are independent of the VEGF pathway, which at normal levels helps to build and maintain blood vessels but at high concentrations can induce abnormal vessel growth and contribute to DME.

There were also heightened levels of two abnormal proteins in the subjects» brains.

But abnormal dopamine levels are implicated not only in Parkinson's, but also in addiction and depression.

He also has shown that reducing tau levels, or suppressing the abnormal excitability of these networks with drugs, can both reduce cognitive and behavioral deficits in animal models of Alzheimer's disease.

Rather, the defective checkpoint system was left to proceed, and one of its downstream consequences, which was still under normal regulation — and one known to be directly induced by the normal degenerative aging process — was reversed at the structural level, by clearing out the p16Ink4a - positive senescent cells that had accumulated to an abnormal degree in their tissues.

Phthalates are endocrine system disruptors known to cause infertility, reduced testosterone levels and, most worrisome, cause abnormal development of the male reproductive system while in utero.

Antipsychotic agents are designed to balance abnormal chemical levels in the brain.

This study does not support the idea of exercise as a strategy to raise brain progranulin levels in symptomatic patients with FTD due to GRN mutations, as we observed no effects on progranulin levels in Grn + / − mice at 4 — 8 months of age, the age range in which these mice begin to develop abnormal behavior and neuronal dysfunction (Filiano et al., 2013).

Although vaccination induces an inflammatory response during pregnancy, the magnitude and the duration of response is much lower and shorter, respectively, for influenza vaccination than viral infection.27 Like infection, influenza vaccination during pregnancy has been reported to induce a transient increase in the levels of a number of proinflammatory cytokines, including interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor α, and C - reactive protein.27 - 30 Studies on mice found an association between high interleukin - 6 levels during pregnancy and abnormal behavior and brain structure.19 However, in epidemiological studies, associations between maternal cytokine levels and ASD have been mixed.

While imaging captures brain activation during specific tasks and therefore may identify general brain regions that are abnormal in diseases, it does not have that critical cell - level resolution.

But this is the first study to show how lifestyle factors directly influence levels of abnormal protein deposits in the brain that have been long tied to Alzheimer's disease.

Studies show that exposure to PFCs is associated with smaller birth weight in newborns, elevated cholesterol, abnormal thyroid hormone levels, inflammation of the liver, weaker immune systems, kidney and testicular cancers, obesity and even pregnancy - induced hypertension and preeclampsia.