Sentences with phrase «brain receptors needed»

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Teething babies need to overwhelm the sensory receptors on their gums to help stop the (Nociceptive) pain signal that is sent to the brain that says «OUCH!».

«Beyond that, your fingertips tell your brain what they're feeling when they push, so you need to have not just a lever in the device but a receptor as well.»

V: You need these receptors for the proper function of the human brain.

Opioid receptors have also been found in areas of the brain that regulate voluntary breathing — when you feel the need to take in a deep swallow of air, you do it.

The researchers looked in rats» brains for the genetic instructions needed to make a key «pleasure receptor,» called D2, that allows brain cells to receive signals sent by the brain chemical dopamine — or cocaine.

Because the brain lacks pain receptors, the patients needed no anesthesia.

You'd need to do a study for 30 or 40 years before you'd understand how brain receptors might behave differently exposed to estrogen throughout the menopausal years.»

In short, this means that repeated access to sugar over time leads to prolonged dopamine signalling, greater excitation of the brain's reward pathways and a need for even more sugar to activate all of the midbrain dopamine receptors like before.

This makes the receptors less sensitive, so the brain needs more GABA.

To understand CFD, it is necessary to know that for 5 - MTHF (the active form of folate) to enter the CNS, it needs to be transported across the blood - brain barrier by a carrier known as folate receptor protein alpha or folate receptor 1 (FRA or FR1).

With benzodiazepines / Z - drugs, specifically, when the receptors in the brain become adapted or accustomed to the action of the original dose of BZ, more of the drug is needed in order for the desired therapeutic effect (or the original effect at the original dose) to be achieved.

First, many dopamine receptors — important players in the brain's reward pathway — disappeared, possibly signaling that more food was now needed to reach previous levels of satisfaction.

This is because supplements and plant extracts provide your brain with the necessary proteins it needs to produce serotonin, instead of pushing your receptors to produce more (like SSRIs do).

(With the US election over, Daylight Saving Time concluded, and adrenaline receptors sorely shot, a value proposition survey is exactly what your brain needs to reset!