Sentences with phrase «by nerve degeneration»

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He explains that because VEGF - A naturally stimulates regeneration of nerves and the blood vessels that nourish them, it can reverse the damage caused by the glucose - driven degeneration.

«Our study sounds a serious warning about the possible detrimental side effects of this strategy, since we have shown that such antibodies cause dramatic degeneration of nerve cells by interfering with the normal on - off function of the prion protein,» he added.

Commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease (after the famed New York Yankee slugger who succumbed to it in 1941 at age 37), ALS is a poorly understood, incurable disorder characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons (nerve cells that control voluntary motion).

Lumbar spinal stenosis is brought about by a narrowing of the spinal canal caused by the degeneration of the vertebrae, discs, joints, and ligaments that comprise the spinal column, resulting in a compression of nerve roots.

The new study by researchers at The Neuro shifts the focus to the loss or degeneration of axons, the nerve - cell «branches» that receive and distribute neurochemical signals among neurons.

It is characterized by the wasting of skeletal muscles and caused by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord; the disease leads to increasing muscular weakness, atrophy and premature death due to respiratory problems.

This research points to exciting new possibilities for preventing or reversing the disabling vision loss caused by age - related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, and other diseases that damage the retina, the layer of light - sensitive nerve cells that line the back of the eye.

SMA is a genetic, neuromuscular disease caused by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord that leads to muscular weakness and atrophy and increased risk for early death due to respiratory failure.

The nerve degeneration that causes the disease arises from the absence of the protein frataxin, normally produced by the FXN gene.

Spinal muscular atrophy involves wasting of the skeletal muscles and is caused by gradual degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord.

Caused by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord, the disease leads to increasing muscular weakness and atrophy.

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).

Summary: All forms of glaucoma have in common optic nerve degeneration characterized by typical visual field defects, and are usually associated with elevated intraocular pressure, also known as ocular hypertension (OH).

Neuroprotection can also be applied later in progression to abate further degeneration and hopefully, hopefully, restore function by stimulating a self - repair response in the retina and the optic nerve.

Published literature proposes estrogen as having neuroprotective effects that provide a defense against nerve degeneration induced by excess glutamate.

In the study, tests on human cells demonstrated that catuaba may help fight Parkinson's disease by protecting against the degeneration of certain nerve cells.