Sentences with phrase «alter brain signaling»

It's a reality though that stress alters the brain signals, which trigger the ovaries to release eggs each month.

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

The DRD4 variant is known to alter dopamine signalling in the brain, which may make these children more sensitive to positive feedback, Bus says.

Supposedly your brain's electric signals alter in frequency to match this beat, and altered signals mean altered consciousness.

Neuroscience studies indicate that racial prejudices involve altered signaling in brain regions involved in empathy, which can be restored by cultural interventions such as increased racial contact or virtual reality training.

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) passes a weak current through the brain, altering the likelihood of neurons passing on signals.

«Maybe there is a way to use one drug to alter the mitochondrial signal and another drug to alter the communication signal from the brain,» he said.

This design, in which different inputs alter the alignment and resulting output signals, is inspired by how the brain operates.

Treatments targeted to enhance brain neurotrophic factor signalling could improve memory functions in Alzheimer's disease even though they don't alter brain amyloid burden, according to recent research from the University of Eastern Finland.

«Thus, by enhancing neurotrophic factor signalling it may be possible to improve memory functions without altering brain amyloid burden.»

Through multiple different lines of experimental evidence, they built a strong case that DIXDC1 mutations may predispose people to multiple psychiatric disorders by altering WNT signaling in the brain.

Sophisticated neuroimaging machines and brain - computer interfaces detect the electrical activity of neurons, enabling us to decode and even alter the nervous system signals that accompany mental processes.

Our hands and eyes constantly send signals to the brain, and that feedback alters the signals coming back out.

Changing the concentration also alters slightly which nerve cells fire a signal to the brain.

In mouse models of ASD, symptoms include an imbalance between «on» and «off» neural signaling in the brain's neocortex, altered responses to sensory stimuli and impaired social behavior.

A hyperactive locus ceruleus could alter behavior, says Valentino, because this region sends signals to the cerebral cortex, the brain area responsible for thinking, memory, and other high - order cognitive functions.

«Therefore, changes in the genes influence the brain's wiring by altering the synapse and shaping how neurons transmit signals to each other.»

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.

Modulating ECM assembly to alter tumor vascular barrier function Weilan Ye, Genentech Lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic endothelial barrier as targets in regenerative medicine Giorgia Jurisic, Novartis Wnt / beta - catenin signaling as a therapeutic target for blood - brain barrier repair in neurological disorders Dritan Agalliu, Columbia University Somatic mutations in hematopoietic cells contribute to cardiovascular disease: New mechanisms, new targets Kenneth Walsh, Boston University

«In addition, the role of mitochondrial dysfunctions, defects of the endolysosomal and autophagic systems, neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, altered insulin signaling in the brain, and increased permeability of the blood - brain barrier in AD - related neuropathology has been investigated as well.»

Aβ is believed to penetrate neuronal plasma membranes, where it leads to lipid peroxidation.10 It has also been implicated in deactivating a subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, thereby inhibiting conversion of pyruvate to acetyl CoA and the eventual production of cellular energy as ATP.32 Another way Aβ affects glucose metabolism in the brain is that fragments of Aβ disrupt insulin signaling by binding to neuronal synapses, which alters their shape and function.15, 38 Insulin receptors are abundant at synapses, so if the integrity of the synapse itself has been compromised, the receptors won't function effectively.

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.

Eating a high - protein breakfast can actually alter the motivation and reward signals in the brain, making people less likely to be driven to eat in order to feel better (12).

Perhaps you don't want to hug the person next to you on the treadmill after a sweaty run, but contact with others can improve your physiological health by altering brain cell signaling, improving stress, and boosting your overall well - being (3).