Sentences with phrase «brain tissue»

Studies of brain tissue from both groups of mice revealed dramatic differences in nerve cell appearance and function.

The virus was also found in brain tissues of infants born with the condition who died shortly after birth.

New neurons (green) were visible in a newborn's brain (top), but not in brain tissue from a 35 - year - old man (bottom).

The group also found that the virus could be detected in fetal tissues other than mouse brain tissue, such as the lymph nodes.

Previous studies suggesting this link have relied on brain tissue collected from patients after death.

The goal is to help surgeons remove as much cancer as possible while safely leaving normal brain tissue intact.

She demonstrated that early experience leads to lasting changes in the molecular structure of the brain and discovered a gene involved in the spread of brain cancer cells into healthy brain tissue.

A study has generated molecular profiles for several psychiatric disorders by examining RNA in brain tissue samples from 700 subjects.

The process would be much more efficient — and less ethically contentious - if large numbers of dopamine neurons could be grown in the laboratory from a tiny amount of fetal brain tissue.

The treatment may cause injury to the surrounding brain tissue and the nerves associated with the eyes.

This makes it possible to obtain sufficient signal strength in order to visualize changes in glucose levels in brain tissue after injection of a glucose solution.

With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now.

These wrinkles will increase to provide more space for brain tissue to grow and develop.

The visceral exploration of living brain tissue is, in many cases, still the best way to unravel cognitive functions as diverse as language, memory, vision, and movement.

Researchers have long been able to take still pictures of the newborn brain and study brain tissue after death.

As brain tissue continues to develop, your baby's cognitive processes are extremely active by this point.

The trauma from the injury causes brain tissue to swell, which can halt normal processes like breathing and digestion.

More brain tissue is developing rapidly, and your baby is also having more hiccups.

Gluten and dairy in particular are inflammatory for many people and can cause the immune system to destroy brain tissue in a neurological autoimmune disorder.

They protect brain tissue and neurons from the harmful effects of free radicals and reactive oxygen species.

To understand more, she conducted experiments in acute brain slices, small pieces of brain tissue where neurons stay alive and maintain their physiological properties.

The spots may represent scar tissue or fluid - filled spaces that form when brain tissue breaks down following head trauma.

Simply put, when selenium binds to mercury, mercury is no longer free to bind to anything else — like brain tissue.

We can trigger one in a person having their brain mapped prior to cutting and removing brain tissue.

The dark spots in the image are dead brain tissue.

But some scientists remain dubious that stem cells can be used to grow new brain tissue.

Until now, however, no one could develop a test suitable for viewing adult brain tissue in living mice.

It will allow physicians to precisely identify small regions of abnormal brain tissue in early - stage epilepsy patients that can't be detected today using current technology.

Right now, treatment for stroke is centered on the first few hours, when rapid intervention with drugs or surgery can prevent brain tissue from dying.

This is more difficult than growing brain tissue alone.

The changes in brain tissue occurred regardless of the child's sex or age or his or her family's income.

As I was preparing myself for a day of processing brain tissue, sipping coffee and getting my butt in gear, it got me thinking.

The skull's soft palate had been broken, apparently in an effort to extract the nutrient - rich brain tissue.

The resulting lack of oxygen and glucose quickly kills brain tissue in the immediate area, and the affected area continues to expand until blood supply is restored.

He has found that when blood flow is compromised — as by a stroke — nearby vessels pick up the slack, helping brain tissue recover.

And resistance training, building muscle strength using external resistance, has been shown to not only improve memory and executive function in older adults, but to also maintain connective brain tissue.

But metal electrodes can quickly damage natural brain tissue, making it impossible to study the transfer of signals over extended periods.

These clinical outcomes were obtained without the benefit of selecting patients using imaging techniques designed to detect viable brain tissue.

The findings surprisingly demonstrate that neural stem cells only have a very limited capacity to replenish brain tissue.

To understand dementia, scientists need healthy brain tissue donations.

They drastically increase brain health, since brain tissue is mostly made up of fats and cholesterol.

I left the workshop thinking about how I personally teach vocabulary without making it seem like I'm forcing new words into the absorbent brain tissue of my students.

In short, we need to think of students as more than mere brain tissue and bodies.

To test his theory, he looked at slices of human brain tissue.

Memory function was fully restored in 75 percent of the mice without damaging brain tissue.

It precisely delivers a high dose of radiation to a very focal area in the brain while avoiding normal brain tissue.

These findings were achieved using brain tissue samples from two patients with AD and a control.