Sentences with phrase «by brain and muscles»

Our liver produces ketones which are used by brain and muscles to function instead of glucose.

Glucose has many fates, most of which are to be utilized by the brain and muscles, while fructose is generally metabolized in the liver, causing a whole host of problems.

Any human skill or intellectual operation can be managed by the brains and muscles of either sex unless it requires more crude muscular strength and height than most women have.

Not exact matches

By making moving easier, the theory goes, kids will develop their muscles and the brain waves that activate them.

Each can be made a center of attention and recognized by sense - objects (muscle and brain tissue have color, shape, etc.).

He amazed the medical establishment in Paris by his demonstrations of dissection with a dexterity second to none, by his discoveries of various glands, and by his findings regarding the functioning of muscles and the brain.

She said her «now 5 yr old daughter suffered from gluten ataxia from 3.5 yrs until 4.5 yrs — lost much of her hair, lost language / social skills, had serious balance issues, lethargy, severe bone / muscle pain, and finally inflammation in her brain (detected by MRI).»

It will be a mutation of the soul and the spirit that will span months and years; it will involve enlarging muscle mass and increasing brain power; it will include the hormonal process by which a girl becomes a woman; it will entail the spiritual journey of a gifted amateur into a professional; and, even more burdensome and fascinating, it will require Michelle to publicly assume the role for which she is being cast — the greatest women's golfer ever, a potential savior of her sport.

This may be caused by a blockage in the respiratory track, or a deficiency of the brain in instructing the muscles to inhale and exhale.

I hoped the author would make her case so convincingly that even if I ultimately ended up disagreeing with her, I would enjoy having my brain muscles flexed by a supersmart and well - crafted thesis.

«Man with quadriplegia employs injury bridging technologies to move again — just by thinking: First recipient of implanted brain - recording and muscle - stimulating systems reanimates limb that had been stilled for 8 years.»

Instead scientists can gather clues about when we begin to dream by monitoring certain physiological markers while a person is asleep, such as brain waves, muscle tension and eye movements.

They did this by testing tissue concentrations of fatty acids in liver, muscle and brain tissue, along with the expression of genes involved in regulating EPA status and its physiological benefits.

By comparing subsequent brain activity with that recorded before paralysis, the team could predict the movement each monkey was attempting, and electronically trigger muscles in the monkey's hand to replicate the expected action.

Scientists approach rehabilitation in different ways, she said, but most commonly with a kind of bottom - up approach, by training muscles and re-teaching walking, and then hoping that the brain will relearn how to control those functions.

Perchance to Dream In 1953 Nathaniel Kleitman of the University of Chicago and his graduate student Eugene Aserinsky discovered that slumber, which had been considered a single continuous period of downtime, contains recurring periods in which the sleeper's eyes move about, heartbeat and breathing become irregular, most voluntary muscles are paralyzed and brain activity (as measured by electroencephalography) is heightened.

A-beta is made by cells in the brain, but also by blood platelets, skin cells, muscles and other parts of the body.

Fascinated by this, Mashkovsky and colleague Rita Kruglikova - Lvova explored the effects of a compound extracted from snowdrops on the muscles of frogs, rabbits and guinea pigs, and the brains of rats.

Precision timing of neurons and muscles, directed by the brain, controls the body's movements.

Hyder Jinnah of Emory University and colleagues used functional MRI to scan the brains of volunteers as they activated their head - turning neck muscles by pushing against pads.

The implant exploits the fact that even when the neural connection between a brain region and the muscles it controls is severed or damaged by, say, a stroke or spinal injury, the controlling neurons remain active.

In both muscle and the brain, GDF11 appears to work in part by restoring the function of stem cells.

The resulting rhythmic signals produced by this transfer of cations are what support the synchronous contraction of our heart muscles and neuronal firing in parts of the brain, like the thalamus, which helps regulate our sleep - wake cycle, or circadian rhythm.

Ketone esters are small organic chemicals that provide energy for the heart, brain and skeletal muscle in a highly efficient way, but are typically produced by the body only during periods of food scarcity and are not naturally present in typical modern diets.

It was developed by monitoring normal brain and muscle activity as the monkey moved its own arms.

SMA is caused by a mutation in a gene that is vital for the survival of nerve cells that connect the brain and spinal cord to the muscles, known as motor neurons.

Shenoy's lab pioneered the algorithms used to decode the complex volleys of electrical signals fired by nerve cells in the motor cortex, the brain's command center for movement, and convert them in real time into actions ordinarily executed by spinal cord and muscles.

«By blocking this message, the mutant GlyRS enzyme causes the motor neurons to go into decline and even die, which breaks the connection between the brain and the muscles in the limbs.»

Just three to five minutes spent looking at views dominated by trees, flowers or water can begin to reduce anger, anxiety and pain and to induce relaxation, according to various studies of healthy people that measured physiological changes in blood pressure, muscle tension, or heart and brain electrical activity.

Earlier this year, another team reported using a brain machine interface to allow a quadriplegic to move his finger and arms, but that system directly activated arm muscles with brain signals detected by implanted electrodes, bypassing the damaged spinal cord.

He and colleagues reveal that eight Brazilians paralyzed because of spinal cord injuries regained some small but significant sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after many months of training with the robotic exoskeleton, and by a virtual reality avatar also controlled by brain signals.

Rapsyn is made by our muscle cells and considered a sort of biological anchor that interacts with the acetylcholine receptors to ensure that they are optimally positioned for our muscles to receive orders from our brain.

Most of the sleeping we do is of the SWS variety, characterized by large, slow brain waves, relaxed muscles and slow, deep breathing, which may help the brain and body to recuperate after a long day.

The findings in a recent issue of Cell demonstrate how PGC - 1a1, a transcriptional coactivator induced in skeletal muscle by exercise and endurance, protects the brain from depression.

«It will be important to identify the key proteins and metabolites that are dynamically secreted by muscle during exercise to meet the brain's physiological demands,» they write.

Skeletal muscle fiber formation, bone marrow stem cell formation, thymus T - cell formation, TNF - a / INF - gamma production by immune system's macrophages (immunosenescence by IGF loss), neuregulin and brain - derived neutrophic factor depend on IGF - 1 acting on brain IGFR receptors.

IGF prevents frailty by increasing skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia), sex drive (infertility), brain thymus (immunosenescence, centenarians maintain a strong immune system), skeletal bone mineralization and marrow stem cell formation (osteoporosis and immune system by bone marrow immune cells working in tandem with thymus and lymphs nodes), I understand that diabetes, an accelerated aging phenotype, is insulin IGF and blood glucose driven.

These mice developed hallmark signs of PD in their brains and behavior: loss of dopaminergic neurons in the SNc, impaired generation of new neurons in one of the few regions capable of producing them in adult organisms, and impaired muscle coordination similar to human victims of Parkinson's (as evidenced by difficulty in rearing up on their hind legs)(Figure 2).

«Huntington's — an inherited and fatal disorder that leads to problems with muscle coordination, cognition and personality — is characterized by the toxic buildup of a mutant form of the huntingtin protein in the brain,» explained Dr. Finkbeiner, who directs the Taube - Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at Gladstone.

While the functions of collagens in cartilage and muscle are well established, before this study it was unknown that collagen VI is made by neurons in the brain and that it can fulfill important neuroprotective functions.

ECT sends electrical currents to the brain while the patient is under anesthesia and their muscles are relaxed by medication.

About Kessler Foundation Kessler Foundation, a major nonprofit organization in the field of disability, is a global leader in rehabilitation research that seeks to improve cognition, mobility and long - term outcomes, including employment, for people with neurological disabilities caused by diseases and injuries of the brain, spinal cord and muscles.

When the human body senses a threat, be it real or perceived, our physiology shifts to a defensive mode orchestrated by the brain — the immune system and appetite ramp down, metabolism is altered to liberate fuels, and blood flow is redirected to deliver these fuels to muscles that need them.

By using electrical stimulation, the scientists show that the blood pressure increase comes from the muscle itself, since the brain is not telling the leg to contract and the pressure still increases.

Finally, one of the greatest contributors to impressive muscle development is the mind - muscle connection, which makes a lot sense because all movements are ultimately controlled by the brain, and this vital piece of gym wisdom has been confirmed by multiple studies.

Oxygen powers everything in our body, so by increasing our oxygen flow we can give more vitality to not only our muscles and organs, but most importantly our brain, which controls all aspects of our emotions and psychology.

«It has an effect by relaxing the muscles and has an anxiety - reducing effect mentally, via the brain's GABA (gamma - aminobutyric acid) pathway.

It is typically characterized by low muscle tone and episodes of brain injury accompanied by liver disease.

Leucine, the king of muscle - building amino acids, has been repeatedly shown to have an extraordinary effect on muscle growth by promoting protein synthesis and inhibiting catabolism; isoleucine helps the metabolic function run smooth during exercise; valine acts to prevent tryptophan (compound that converts to serotonin in the brain) build up, which results in greater levels of available energy and improved endurance.

This signals the body to start releasing the stored sugar (glycogen in the liver) into the bloodstream for use by muscle, brain and other organs.