Sentences with phrase «alter brain neurotransmitter»

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- Intense stress early in life can alter the brain's neurotransmitter systems and cause changes in the brain similar to those seen in adults with depression.

Modafinil also indirectly alters the action of glutamate, the main neurotransmitter used by neurons in the brain to send signals down the line.

We know that some strains of intestinal bacteria produce compounds that have an effect on the nervous system: neurotransmitters, for example, or metabolites that alter the blood - brain barrier (a barrier which filters the molecules passing from the body to the brain circulation — ed.

It alters the neurotransmitters from the brain that communicate with the muscles.

Parasites use hormones, neurotransmitters and other proteins to disconnect the host brain and the immune system, altering host behaviors to increase the survival and reproduction of the parasite.

«We suspect that gut microbes may alter levels of neurotransmitter - related metabolites affecting gut - to - brain communication and / or altering brain function.»

In the course of this work, he has pioneered several new approaches in the fruit fly that have had important implications for mammalian neurobiology, including: the demonstration that the fruit fly has a sleep - like behavior similar to that of mammals, studies of physiological and behavioral consequences of mutations in a neurotransmitter system affecting one of the brain's principal chemical signals, studies making highly localized genetic alterations in the nervous system to alter behavior, and molecular identification of genes causing naturally occurring variation in behavior.

Drinking alcohol alters the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain, says Maria Pagano, PhD, addiction researcher and associate professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

A study found that children with autism have altered gut flora «working as neurotransmitters or controlling neurotransmitter biosynthesis» and researchers «suspect that gut microbes may alter levels of neurotransmitter - related metabolites affecting gut - to - brain communication and / or altering brain function.»

The antioxidants in the leaves appear to decrease oxidative stress in the brain and alter levels of neurotransmitters.

The new study found that prebiotic treatment alters the levels of brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is important for neuronal growth and survival; N - methyl - D - aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunits; and amino acids associated with signaling by the neurotransmitter glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter4, 12,13.

Glycine is able to cross the brain blood barrier, and once in the brain, it alters neurotransmitters by stimulating the N - methyl - D - aspartate receptors (NMDA).

The exact mechanism by which cytokines cause depression and other mental illnesses is poorly understood, but we do know they are able to pass the blood - brain barrier and alter neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine in the brain.