Sentences with phrase «among brain cells»

Animal studies have shown that lengthy or multiple experiences with anesthesia can lead to cell death and problems with the formation of connections among brain cells.

Think of it this way - every time you put something new within your baby's field of vision, thousands of new connections are being made among her brain cells.

Because these waves are quite regular, they will disrupt the transfer of specific information among brain cells.

Combined with a light - emitting protein, scientists use a modified, benign version of this virus and its cell - to - cell spread to visualize connections among brain cells.

Developed in the laboratory of D. Martin Watterson, the molecules halted memory loss and fixed damaged communication among brain cells in a mouse model of Alzheimer's.

Imaging revealed that the brain's neural network was impaired through the reduction of dendrites and spines on these neurons, which disrupts the transmission of signals among brain cells.

In some brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, distorted proteins behave like infectious agents, spreading among brain cells and corrupting other proteins.

Because people with trisomy 21 possess an additional copy of this gene, the oversupply may hinder the establishment of correct connections among brain cells during fetal development.

In a report in the Sept. 25 issue of Nature Communications, the scientists say mutations in one such autism - linked gene, dubbed NHE9, which is involved in transporting substances in and out of structures within the cell, causes communication problems among brain cells that likely contribute to autism.

In particular, systems neuroscience — the study of complex interactions among brain cells that underlie perception, thought, and behavior — has witnessed unprecedented advances in monitoring and probing the brain.

Experts suspect the disorder is caused by abnormalities in certain areas of the brain, the circuits that connect them, and the neurotransmitters (brain chemicals) that transmit messages among brain cells.

Heart muscle cells pump less vigorously, communication among brain cells falters, and other organs show the signs of deterioration.

A May study in Nature found that 65 percent of autistic children share a set of mutations that may regulate genes known to influence communication among brain cells.

At the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University Medical Center, researchers are developing novel imaging techniques to study this communication among brain cells.

For example, he and his colleagues showed that amyloid - beta, apoE4 and tau — three proteins closely linked to the development of Alzheimer's — can impair cognitive functions by impeding the communication among brain cells and disrupting the fine balance between excitation and inhibition that is required for the proper function of neural networks.

Serotonin is a chemical that facilitates transmission of «messages» among brain cells.