Sentences with phrase «breakdown of acetylcholine»

In addition, vitamin D also blocks the breakdown of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter important for enhancing mental focus and improving memory.

Acetylcholinesterase (AchE) is responsible for the breakdown of Acetylcholine, and so by inhibiting AchE, more acetylcholine is made available to the brain.

Consequently, researchers have suspected that the transmission or breakdown of acetylcholine may also be faulty in muscular dystrophies.

Donepezil (Aricept) can slow the progress of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease by blocking the breakdown of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that carries messages between nerve cells.

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The paper is «an important milestone,» says Laurent Segalat, a geneticist at the University of Lyon, France, because it finally links the worm muscular dystrophy model with defects in acetylcholine transport and breakdown.

Chemicals like DEET and permethrin can enter the brain through disruption of the blood - brain barrier, where they can inhibit the breakdown of a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine.

The first, cholinesterase inhibitors, act by inhibiting the breakdown of the neurotransmitter, or neuron - to - neuron chemical messenger, acetylcholine.

But it does prevent the breakdown of a brain chemical called acetylcholine, believed to be important for memory, thinking, and reasoning.