Sentences with phrase «at abnormal levels»

Other organs may be damaged, so liver enzymes, and kidney function tests may be at abnormal levels.

These five known hormones appear to be at abnormal levels in people with IBS, either higher or lower than expected.

However, if I find that two or more of your hormones are at abnormal levels, combined with certain symptoms, I may recommend a combination of therapies.

Some believe that chemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters such as substance P, seratonin, and dopamine) or hormones like cortisol may be at abnormal levels.

Not exact matches

In other words, there won't be a useful signal from GOFO until official US$ interest rates move up to more normal — or at least up to less abnormal — levels.

Two protein molecules that fit together as lock and key seem to promote the abnormal formation of blood vessels in joints affected by rheumatoid arthritis, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, who found that the substances are present at higher levels in the joints of patients affected by the disease.

Men with higher levels of DDE — a breakdown product of the pesticide DDT — and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were used in transistors and electronics, at 14 years old had higher rates of abnormal sperm.

The researchers linked the abnormal behavior of mutant HSCs to a dangerous chain of events at the molecular level.

They found that normal cells grow faster when in an organoid with cells expressing RasG12V at low levels, but required more than one mutant cell to kick - start this abnormal growth.

The data revealed a pattern in which the patients who failed treatment had abnormal levels of CNAs at CFSs.

The study results indicate that patients who have abnormal levels of breaks at common fragile sites (CFSs), sites within the chromosomes that are sensitive to DNA damage, are more likely to have their cancer to return — treatment failure.

Abnormal levels of the proteins may be useful biomarkers that could help us study early treatments to limit or reverse the damage to brain cells and even prevent the development of the full - blown disease,» said study author Edward Goetzl, MD, a Professor of Medicine with the University of California, San Francisco, a researcher at the National Institute on Aging, and a scientist of NanoSomiX, Inc., a California - based biotechnology company that provided a grant for method development for the study.

Up to now, however, researchers could only speculate about how the abnormal structure of the cerebral cortex is linked at the molecular level to the occurrence of epilepsy.

In this study, a team of researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School hypothesised that the changes associated with B12 deficiency may be the result of abnormal levels of leptin — the hormone that tells us we are full after eating.

«We wanted to find the link between the abnormal structure of synapses in the FXS mouse, and the behavioral abnormalities at the level of brain circuits; that had not been previously established,» said senior author Dr. Carlos Portera - Cailliau, an associate professor in the departments of neurology and neurobiology.

Intriguingly, brain cells (neurons) with decreased complex I levels are significantly less likely to contain Lewy bodies, the abnormal protein - aggregates that characterize Parkinson's disease,» says researcher Charalampos Tzoulis at Department of Clinical Science, UiB.

[71] In a study review of neurological and neurocognitive data (Bünning and Blanke, 2005) wrote that OBEs are due to «functional disintegration of lower - level multisensory processing and abnormal higher - level self - processing at the temporoparietal junction.»

The American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology highlights normal or abnormal regulation and integration of physiological mechanism at all levels of biological organizations, ranging from molecules to humans.

The scientists also have demonstrated in animals that the PKal molecular pathway can induce retinal edema through mechanisms that are independent of the VEGF pathway, which at normal levels helps to build and maintain blood vessels but at high concentrations can induce abnormal vessel growth and contribute to DME.

«The authors went on to study the resulting blastocysts for aneuploidy (frequency of abnormal chromosomes), and pattern of gene expression (which genes are active and at what level).

Rather, the defective checkpoint system was left to proceed, and one of its downstream consequences, which was still under normal regulation — and one known to be directly induced by the normal degenerative aging process — was reversed at the structural level, by clearing out the p16Ink4a - positive senescent cells that had accumulated to an abnormal degree in their tissues.

«By pinpointing patients with high inflammation and abnormal levels of cortisol at the outset, we may be able to develop medications and personalised treatment plans which target these biomarkers.»

This study does not support the idea of exercise as a strategy to raise brain progranulin levels in symptomatic patients with FTD due to GRN mutations, as we observed no effects on progranulin levels in Grn + / − mice at 4 — 8 months of age, the age range in which these mice begin to develop abnormal behavior and neuronal dysfunction (Filiano et al., 2013).

For Johnny Depp, Daniel Radcliffe and Sean «Diddy» Combs, clowns invoke an abnormal level of fear, and Nicole Kidman baulks at butterflies.

Harley's in - depth genetic analysis revealed that at the cellular level, the Epstein - Barr virus shares a number of abnormal viral on - off switches («transcription factors») in common with those seven other illnesses.

This research looked at associations between dietary habits and vitamin D levels in obese children, and also examined if vitamin D levels correlated with markers of abnormal blood pressure and glucose metabolism.

Once you are at your ideal body weight, and do not have diabetes, high blood pressure, or abnormal cholesterol levels, you can be less rigid with your fasting.

Last blood test 3 weeks ago: day 20 of cycle: My LDL levels are abnormal but I don't know what those are, my DHEA is low at 59.4, TSH is high at 5.63, Cortisol is sorta high at 14.2 (am), Esstradiol is 73.3 (my dr says that all of my hormone has to do with my estradiol being off?)

Mean anti-thyroglobulin (Tg) antibody levels increased at 6 months without reaching abnormal levels, but did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.062).

RESULTS: Seven patients developed abnormal levels of ThAbs at some time between 3 and 12 months after iodine administration (p = 0.017).

At high doses they also make abnormal heart rhythms less likely and lower your level of blood fats called triglycerides.

It has been known for years that autistics often have abnormal levels of serotonin, at least as is measured in the blood.

Ginsenosides (a main ingredient in KRG) acts at a molecular level to boost metabolism, limit fat tissue production and reduce abnormal food cravings.

In other words, if populations at high risk for getting chronic fatigue are analyzed, and the researchers can find no link between abnormal cortisol levels and a later risk of getting chronic fatigue syndrome, that is a good indication that cortisol levels / HPA function is not a significant causal factor.

This causes a build - up of the drug in the brain, which leads to toxicity and abnormal neurological symptoms and at times death, depending on the level of toxicity.

Fructosamine: Because some cat's diabetes seems well controlled at home, but have abnormal glucose levels in the hospital (due to stress), glucose curves may not be sufficient for monitoring these patients.

Increased heart and respiratory rate, inaccurate blood pressure readings and abnormal blood sugar levels are among the typically recorded by vets attempting to assess a pet's health during a wellness exam at the clinic.

Cancer begins through mutations at the cellular level, which leads to an abnormal proliferation of abnormal cells.

So whereas portosystemic shunts do the same thing through a large, visible channel (s), PVH - MVD do a similar thing through a multitude of tiny abnormal channels present at a microscopic level.

Market activity remained abnormal during peak hours on the following few days before finally leveling out this weekend at a seemingly new normal approaching 120k.

Short period trends of acceleration in mean sea level after 1990 are evident at each site, although these are not abnormal or higher than other short - term rates measured throughout the historical record.»

«Key findings are that at the 95 % confidence level, no consistent or compelling evidence (yet) exists that recent rates of rise are higher or abnormal in the context of the historical records available across Europe, nor is there any evidence that geocentric rates of rise are above the global average.

The teratogenic effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the developing brain can lead to neurodevelopmental deficits in the child.10 At high levels of exposure, and during vulnerable time points during pregnancy, prenatal alcohol exposure has cognitive and behavioural impacts that may affect a child's academic performance and behaviour.11 12 In addition to in utero effects of alcohol, children exposed to heavy parental alcohol use postnatally have been identified as having abnormal developmental and social trajectories.

At age 4, 5.7 % of children in the analysis sample were classified as having abnormal or borderline abnormal levels of behavioural and emotional problems.

Scale scores can be prorated if at least three items in each subscale are completed and UK normed screening cut - offs are available to identify «abnormal» (top 10 %) and «borderline» (the next 10 %) levels of difficulties by age and gender (http://www.sdqinfo.com).