Sentences with phrase «brain tissue occurred»

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

Not exact matches

Axons, which are like cables woven throughout brain tissue, swell up when traumatic brain injury occurs.

A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients.

Of those who survive, half are left with brain damage, which occurs when the heart starts beating again and a sudden rush of blood into oxygen - starved tissues triggers an avalanche of treacherous biochemical reactions.

Because it is a targeted therapy, less collateral damage occurs to healthy brain tissue.

Researchers examined brain tissue in mice, specifically the dorsal cochlear nucleus where sensory integration and tinnitus occurs.

Initially the innate immune system protects the tissue against these triggers, but prolonged activation becomes self - perpetuating, causing brain cell death to occur.

One possible candidate for psychedelic therapy would be dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, the only psychedelic known to occur naturally in trace amounts in human blood and brain tissue.

This contraction would choke off the blood supply wherever it occurs in the brain and exacerbate an injury by starving brain tissue of oxygen, Parker says.

Although the faux virus thrived in a tissue culture, it didn't do as well as a naturally occurring poliovirus when it was injected into the brains of mice.

But destruction of tissue the size of a sugar cube in the brain stem and in parts of the thalamus, especially if they occur simultaneously on the left and right sides, may leave the patient comatose, stuporous or otherwise unable to function.

About seven of every eight strokes are ischemic: They occur when a blood clot cuts off oxygen flow to one or another part of the brain, destroying tissue and leaving weakness, paralysis and sensory, cognitive and speech deficits in its wake.

«We can see how much the brain tissue is stretched in the collisions, and that the tissue is stretched most in those areas where the impact occurred,» she says.

Stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted by a blockage or a rupture in an artery, depriving brain tissue of oxygen.

He explained that aging manifestations in a given tissue are not linear with time and that changes that occur in a brain between age 30 and 50 differ both quantitatively and qualitatively with the ones that occur between age 70 and 90.

While the exact cause is not known, many researchers believe multiple sclerosis occurs when a person's immune system attacks tissue of the brain and spinal cord, resulting in severe pain, impaired movement and in the most extreme cases, death.

However, the specific damage that occurs in affected brain tissue hasn't been well understood.

Sleeping is the time when many regenerating processes are occurring inside your body, mainly repairing damaged cells and tissue, as well as helping the brain sort out important information it has acquired throughout the day.

The major adaptations occur in the body's tissues, especially the brain, liver, kidney and muscles (Lyle McDonald, The Ketogenic Diet, chapter 5, 1998).

T3 is made from T4 when one atom is removed, a conversion that occurs mostly outside the thyroid in organs and tissues where T3 is used the most, such as the liver, the kidneys and the brain.

Histiocytic sarcomas occur as localized lesions in spleen, lymph nodes, lung, bone marrow, skin and subcutis, brain, and periarticular tissue of large appendicular (limb) joints.

«It can be caused by structural defects in the brain and spinal cord that occur during fetal development», when the mesenchymal tissue is forming, «possibly caused by genetic mutations or lack of proper vitamins or nutrients in the maternal diet.»

An intense inflammatory reaction occurs around vessels in the tissues where these infected cells locate, often in the abdomen, kidney, or brain.

When that occurs, CSF pressure increases, destroying brain tissue and causing the fluid - filled chambers to enlarge.

Neuropathic — Also known as nerve pain or neuropathy, neuropathic back pain occurs when receptors in the spinal column continue to send pain signals to the brain even though there is no ongoing tissue damage.

Studies have shown that traumatic brain lesions (i.e. damaged brain tissue) can occur in whiplash injuries, but typically will not occur without a high magnitude of acceleration - deceleration and are unlikely to occur without a significant loss of consciousness.

The head trauma might occur as a victim's head smashes against a hard surface, is hit by a blunt object, or is violently shaken, damaging brain tissue.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Injury occurs to the fragile brain tissue if it is jolted within the skull or the skull breaks from contact with an outside fBrain Injury (TBI): Injury occurs to the fragile brain tissue if it is jolted within the skull or the skull breaks from contact with an outside fbrain tissue if it is jolted within the skull or the skull breaks from contact with an outside force.

There are a variety of types of brain tumors that can occur in the brain tissue, and they may be classified as benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous).

A subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleeding that occurs in the space between the brain and the tissue that covers the brain (the arachnoid membrane).