Sentences with phrase «brain signal transmission»

Errors can also result from respondents not knowing the answers to questions or focusing on both answers, or by the brain signal transmission being interrupted by hardware problems.

In order to achieve better brain signal transmission quality, the researchers apply contact gel.

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Throughout childhood Myelin continues to be build around the axons and dendrites in your child's brain to improve the transmission of nerve signals.

An Ludwig - Maximilians - Universitaet (LMU) in Munich study reveals that sound - evoked activity of neurons in the auditory system of the mouse increases the thickness of their myelin sheaths — and enhances the speed of signal transmission — both during development and in the adult brain.

As SNX27 plays an important role in shuttling the AMPA - receptor to the brain cell surface, lower levels of SNX27 means fewer receptors are carried to the surface, which consequently interrupts the signal transmission and impairs memory.

The scientists observed that transmission of chemical signals between the nerve cells are facilitated by AMPA - receptors and the activity occurs on the brain cell surface.

The treated rodents» stomachs also took longer to empty out — suggesting they may have felt full longer and that GDF15 may block the transmission of signals from the vagus nerve, which connects the brain and digestive tract.

The electrical signal is perhaps a third of the speed it is in an adult, reflecting the delayed myelination (myelin is the covering of the axon that speeds up transmission of long - distance electrical communication) and immaturity of the young brain.

The transmission of neural impulses between the touch - sensitive neurons in the skin and the spinal cord neurons that relay touch signals to the brain was also abnormal.

Scientists have long theorized that pain signals are sent from sensory neurons in the limbs and other extremities to transmission neurons in the spinal cord, which then relay the information to the brain.

Ironically, subsequent drug studies show that they actually disrupt the transmission of pain signals in the brain and that constricting blood vessels is not essential.

FosB is a transcription factor in the brain which, together with other molecules, is involved in so - called signal transduction (transmission of stimuli to the cells), that is to say conveys genetic information between the cells and also determines whether certain genes are activated or not.

«Today it is State of the Art and we are able to quantify disturbances in serotonin signal transmission in the brain as the cause of depression and anxiety disorders.»

In most nerve agent fatalities, death occurs after the agent binds to enough AChE to block signal transmission from the brain's respiratory center to the diaphragm, paralyzing the muscle that's vital for breathing.

For example, the scientists identified a deletion in one gene called «stargazin» that is required for regulating the transmission of signals between neurons in the brain.

These systems are made up of complex algorithms modeled on the transmission of signals between neurons in the brain.

Dopamine is a chemical messenger aiding the transmission of signals in the brain and other areas of the body.

Myelin disorders can affect nerve signal transmission in the brain and spinal cord, leading to cognitive, motor and sensory problems.

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence has always looked for an anomaly in the persistent cosmic background chatter — a change perhaps in the intensity of a signal that can be taken as a sign that a transmission might be a message to us earthlings from other intelligent beings.Each year, medical researchers who gather at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference search for something similar as they weigh reports of the complex biology of the human brain for some sign that a drug might actually change the relentless course of the disease.

In the brain, interneurons are usually inhibitory: when they receive a signal, they make the next neuron down the line less likely to continue the transmission.

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a small smart chip that can be paired with neural implants for efficient wireless transmission of brain signals.

They are particularly important in the brain because they enable electrical signal transmission among neurons.

Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have found that the protein hinders a key step involved in the transmission of neuronal signals, which is essential for higher - brain functioning: vesicle endocytosis at the nerve terminal.

In the mammalian eye, apical - basal polarity is essential in PR cells for the transmission of light signals from the retina to the brain.

B1 is necessary for the transmission of specific nerve signals between the brain and spinal cord and helps to convert glucose into energy.

Heat stimulates the sensory receptors in the skin to decrease transmissions of pain signals to the brain and partially relieve the discomfort.

Having a proper balance of electrolytes will help maintain the proper transmission of signals from the brain through the nerves.

Neurotransmitters are the brain chemicals that facilitate the transmission of signals from one neuron to the next across a synapse.

The proteins destroy nerves over time, which will lead to an accumulation of plaque in the brain that will hinder the transmission of the brain's electrical signals.

The more brain cells that are active the better is the transmission of electrical signals.

Epilepsy — This condition stems from defects in the electrical transmission of nerve signals within a cat's cerebral cortex, the area of the brain responsible for thought, memory, sensation and voluntary muscle movement.

In layman's language, the signal from the brain telling the dog how to run gets garbled in transmission on its way to the various muscles.

Challenges include motion sickness, transmissions of false signals to the brain — since what you see in VR is not reality.