Sentences with phrase «activated nerve cells»

«Light - activated nerve cells: Understanding the causes of anxiety, depression.»

In mammals, proteins called ion channels embedded in the cell membrane translate temperature information into electrical signals that activate nerve cells.

Activating these nerve cells also alleviated chronic pain.

Around 1,500 light - sensitive photodiodes, amplifiers, and electrodes in the chip absorb light and convert it into the electricity that activates the nerve cells.

Instead, we should be manipulating things — knocking out genes, adding chemicals, activating nerve cells.

Phosphatidyl serine also activates nerve cells and nerve - transmitter production, helping to regulate and stimulate instantaneous «flashes» of information and your ability to react to that information.

Not exact matches

These nerve impulses activate selected cells in this part of the brain.

In many nerve cells, magnesium serves as Nature's own calcium channel blocker, preventing calcium from rushing into the nerve cell and activating the nerve.

Capsaicin only inflames human cells because heat - detecting proteins in our nerve endings called TRPV1 receptors become activated in the chemical's presence, mistakenly interpreting capsaicin as a sign of extreme heat, and sending the body's burn defenses into overdrive.

Found in the sensory nerve cells of vertebrates, TRPM8 typically sends a sensation of cold to the brain when activated by low temperatures.

Glial cells in the spine may activate when pain - related neurons are firing, dosing both limbs with inflammatory substances that may trigger an excitatory response but that may also be toxic to nerves.

Scientists long thought the transition from swimming to walking happened when fish transitioned from sea to land, as nerve cells gradually activated more and more specific muscles, taking the trunk muscles and wiggling spine out of the equation.

In the current study, Frank Longo, MD, PhD, and others at Stanford University, tested LM22A - 4, a drug that specifically binds to and activates the BDNF receptor TrkB on nerve cells, in mice that model the disorder.

«What we think happens is that the bacteria activate immune cells, which release chemicals called cytokines that then act on receptors on the sensory nerves to increase their activity,» he says.

Studies in mice indicated that drugs that activate the surface protein TRPA1 on pain - sensing nerve cells intensify postoperative pain.

When patients had high levels of activated CaM kinase II floating around in their brains, nerve cells got overstimulated, and symptoms of OCD or a movement disorder could erupt.

Scientists made select nerve cells in mice's brains sensitive to light, and then used lasers to activate specific groups of those cells.

To demonstrate that the implants could influence the pain pathway in nerve cells, the researchers activated a pain response with light.

Implanted microLED devices light up, activating peripheral nerve cells in mice.

Like the previous models, they contain microLED lights that can activate specific nerve cells.

When the command is given, a complex array of nerves makes sure that the thousands of cells activate at once, no matter how far they are from the command nucleus.

The whole network of nerve cells seemed to activate simultaneously and synchronously.

Glial cells, when activated, produce proinflammatory cytokines that may further damage the nerve cells.

But, much remains to be learned about how these different cells recognize and translate information from a given taste molecule and then activate a nerve to carry this information to the brain.

These hairs contain specialised neurons, nerve cells that express pheromone receptors that are activated when they bind to individual pheromone components.

Based on years of scientific research into the root causes of the condition, the device uses precisely timed sounds and weak electrical pulses that activate touch - sensitive nerves, both aimed at steering damaged nerve cells back to normal activity.

If this ion channel is applied to nerve cells, the channels can be opened by light, thus activating the cell.

The impulses cause glutamate (one of the brain's main neurotransmitters) to pop out of one nerve cell and travel across the synapse to activate the next by binding to its receptors, chemically active signaling stations on the cell surface.

One of the chemicals found in high levels in the blood of people experiencing migraine is calcitonin gene - related peptide (CGRP), a neurotransmitter that is released from one nerve cell and activates the next one in a nerve tract during an attack.

When the level of dopamine drops, nerve cells that constitute part of the brain's «stop signal» are activated.

The brain researchers observed that nerve cells in the sensory cortex that con - nect to distinct brain areas are activated differentially depending on the task to be solved.

The work is part of a growing field called optogenetics, and used light - activated proteins from photosynthetic algae to switch nerve cells on and off.

The researchers inserted an optogenetic switch into a group of nerve cells located in the ancient part of the brain called the medulla, allowing them to activate or inactivate the neurons with laser light.

A team of biophysicists from the State University of New York (S.U.N.Y.) at Buffalo used magnetic nanoparticles to control heat - activated protein gates called ion channels embedded in the membranes of nerve cells, allowing the researchers to stimulate a simple reflex in nematode worms at will.

Genetic analysis of the activated cells in the two groups of mice showed that the neurons triggered by a full belly released glutamate, a chemical that nerve cells use to signal one another, while the neurons triggered by hunger released a different neurotransmitter, known as GABA.

Whereas in the nematode experiment the researchers targeted nanoparticles to temperature - sensitive ion channels that naturally exist in the membranes of the worms» nerve cells, the scientists inserted the gene for a heat - activated ion channel called TRPV1 into the human and rat cells.

These hairs contain specialized neurons, nerve cells that express pheromone receptors which are activated when they bind to individual pheromone components.

Low temperatures activate the brown - fat thermogenesis process via the sympathetic nervous system: Nerve ends in brown fat tissue release the neurotransmitter norepinephrine, and that triggers a shift in metabolism within the brown fat cells, which are densely packed with tiny biological energy reactors called mitochondria.

When researchers used a drug to block the action of the female sex hormone in female mice carrying the Nf1 mutation, they saw a drop in the number of activated microglia and a decrease in retinal damage and nerve cell death.

The 5 - HT released by type III cells could also activate 5 - HT3 receptors on afferent nerve fibers.

In mature nerve cells, the Burnham team had previously shown that HIV / gp120 activates the p38 MAPK pathway to contribute to cell death.

Researchers from the Texas A&M University have discovered that a person's alcohol drinking behavior could be easily influenced by activating a certain set of nerve cells in the brain.

When a nerve cell is activated, it sends an electrical impulse down its axon to the terminal, which stimulates a vesicle within the terminal to migrate to the terminal's surrounding membrane.

When the virus is activated by hormones or stress on the neurones, it leaves its host neurone cells intact but travels down the nerve to the skin.

In many nerve cells, magnesium serves as Nature's own calcium channel blocker, preventing calcium from rushing into the nerve cell and activating the nerve.

The process of dry skin brushing will clear away the dead cells clogging pores, activate nerves beneath the skin's surface and stimulate blood vessels that transport nutrients to the skin.

Stress - activated cortisol bombards the memory center, killing nerve cells in the hippocampus, and attacks the immune system, which often causes depression and anxiety.