Sentences with phrase «by nerve cells»

To really prevent transmission, drugs would have to last longer or stop the shedding by the nerve cells, he adds — but that's a tall order.

Rather, the body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose, which is carried to the brain through the blood stream and used immediately by nerve cells for energy.

It consisted in exposing human umbilical cord epithelial cells to the substances produced by the nerve cells of the previous experiment.

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.

The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is released by nerve cells in the brain when people or mice are under mild stress or concentrating on learning something new.

They were able to demonstrate, for the first time, that small molecules secreted by nerve cells help to regulate the composition and colonisation of specific types of beneficial bacteria along the Hydra's body column.

Scientists are studying how oscillations generated by nerve cells affect brain function.

Added together, the information contributed by each nerve cell lets the brain efficiently capture any face, researchers report June 1 in Cell.

To date, addiction research has focused on the molecular adaptations through which memories of exposure to abused substances are encoded and maintained by nerve cells.

The authors found that if they blocked lactate release by glia or uptake by nerve cells, they produced a long - lasting prevention of cocaine relapse in rodents.

They hooked a potential receptor, serotonin 3, to green fluorescent protein and showed that the nerve terminals in the mouse tongue have serotonin 3 receptors, and these receptors are made by the nerve cells located in the geniculate ganglion.

«Now we want to work together with clinicians from the University Hospital Zurich to better characterize the wound healing factors that are distributed by nerve cells,» says Sommer.

Further evidence was provided by nerve cells that were differentiated from the iPS cells: nerve cells from the Medalist + C group were more prone to early death than nerve cells from the Medalist - C group.

Debilitating migraine headaches, which afflict up to 15 percent of the world's population, are thought to be sparked by nerve cells called trigeminal ganglion neurons.

Using a novel methodology, the researchers found an association between the disorder and a DNA marker that is very close to the dopamine transporter gene, which controls the intake of this important neural messenger by the nerve cells that respond to dopamine's signal.

The information gathered by your senses is transmitted by nerve cells, or neurons, to specific brain regions where the signal is routed through circuits and sent downstream to areas that essentially translate the information into behavior and get you back on track.

Corticobasal degeneration is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by nerve cell loss and atrophy (shrinkage) of various regions of the brain, including the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia (which helps to start and control movements, as well as other functions).

In many studies, one or more of the St. John's wort chemicals seemed to postpone or lessen the reabsorption of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin by nerve cells.

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a progressive neurological condition generally indicated by nerve cell damage and cell death.

During a seizure, tiny areas of your pet's brain begin sending out electrical impulses that are received by the nerve cells that adjoin them.

Symptoms similar to myelopathy may be brought on by a nerve cell degeneration normally associated with age.

SSRIs are thought to reduce depressive symptoms by increasing levels of serotonin, more specifically, making sure that serotonin stays between the neurons and is not reabsorbed to quickly by the nerve cell.

Ekaterina Kotelnikova of the IDIBAPS — University of Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues hypothesized that MS is a single disease with multiple results in patients, all driven by the same underlying biological mechanism: immune system attack of the protective fibers shielding nerve cells and loss of the axons used by nerve cells to communicate with each other.

The changes in microRNA concentration had dramatic effects on the mRNA and proteins produced by nerve cells, especially for a group called «immediate early genes.»

The change is translated into an electrochemical signal that is picked up by nerve cells, which relay it to the brain.

Fluoxetine and related drugs block the reuptake of serotonin, a neurotransmitter strongly tied to emotion, by nerve cells, or neurons.

The plaques are made mostly of a protein fragment called beta - amyloid, which is produced by nerve cells and released into the surrounding brain fluid.