Sentences with phrase «along nerve cells»

(Amyloid is a protein found naturally in the body but in people with Alzheimer's, the protein divides in an unusual way which creates a sticky build - up that gathers along nerve cells.)

Her team is currently examining the ion channels that open and close to allow the flow of ions as electrical impulses pass along the nerve cell membrane.

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Chemotherapy works by killing cancer cells by targeting fast - dividing cells, and in most cases, kills off some healthy cells along the way, including nerve cells in the brain.

Puffing didn't induce varicosities along the lengths of dendrites, the parts of neurons that receive chemical signals from neighboring nerve cells.

The researchers set up a system to grow asymmetric nerve cells in an observation chamber and use live cell imaging to track how rabies virus particles are transported along the axons.

However, when the researchers grew nerve cells that had no p75NTR in their observation chamber, they found that virus transport along the axon is less frequent and much slower.

Nerve cells communicate by means of electrical impulses, which are transmitted along neural processes known as axons.

Because these light - sensitive cells are in close contact with nerve bundles, they might be the ones responsible for detecting visual cues and sending the signal along the nerves, Sumner - Rooney says.

In the current study, Yu - Shang Lee, PhD, of the Cleveland Clinic, together with Jerry Silver, PhD, of Case Western Reserve Medical School, and others, used a chemical that promotes cell growth along with a scar - busting enzyme to create a more hospitable environment for the nerve graft at the injury site.

These electrodes pulse to stimulate cells in the retina, transmitting visual information along the optic nerve to the brain, creating the perception of patterns of light.

When chemical phosphate groups are added to the receptors, they move from the cytoplasm and cluster on the edges of nerve cells along synapses — the spaces between nerve cells where messages transmit from one cell to another.

When enough ions have flowed into the nerve cell, an electrical impulse is released and transmitted along the nerve.

A healthy optic nerve has axons transmitting information from the eye to the brain along the nerve after considerable information processing and synaptic transmission between various cell types within the retina.

When these photoreceptors detect light, they send a signal to specialized neurons in the retina called retinal ganglion cells, or RGCs, which then transmit visual information to the brain by firing electrical pulses along the optic nerve.

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Studies conducted by Hendry at the Australian National University and by K. Stockel and H. Thoenen at the Basel Institute for Immunology have demonstrated that NGF is taken up at the terminal nerve endings of the sympathetic fibers and transported back to the neuronal cell body along the axon.

John O'Keefe, along with John Dostrovsky, discovered in 1971 that the hippocampus contains special nerve cells that are involved in determining an animal's specific location, which they called place cells.

Axon extension of a nerve cell along which nerve impulses travel away from the cell body towards other cells.

Somewhat surprisingly, the researchers found that the entire parasympathetic nervous system arises from these progenitor cells that travel along the peripheral nerves.

Omega - 3 fatty acids are a vital component of neuronal membranes, specifically the myelin sheath, a specialized capsular structure that runs along the length of the neuron (nerve cell).

Doctors determined that it was the result of Hirschsprung's disease, a congenital disorder that occurs when the inside of the large intestine lacks certain nerve cells, called ganglion, that help stool move along to the bowel.

Along with potassium, they create a membrane potential, or electrochemical gradient, between cells; the resulting electrical charges carry nerve impulses, contract muscle cells and help regulate your heartbeat.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest states that blue 1 food coloring can cause serious allergic reactions, along with inhibiting nerve cell development in children.

It's believed that capsaicin short - circuits pain by depleting nerve cells of a chemical called substance P (which helps transmit pain signals along nerve endings to the brain).

You can find many blood vessels and nerve cells running all along your adipose tissue.

Once in nerve cells, the virus spreads along the nerve fibers, where it is protected from antibody attack.

As those impulses jump along between nerve cells (at the synapses), they utilized a chemical called acetylcholine.

The pressure, along with chemicals released from cells in the injured tissues, irritates nerve endings in the area and causes pain.