Sentences with phrase «by nerves»

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.

The first, published in 2008, found that smoking marijuana reduced pain caused by nerve damage in 38 patients, with minimal side effects.

A new study finds that rising placebo responses may play a part in the increasingly high failure rate for clinical trials of drugs designed to control chronic pain caused by nerve damage.

It is possible to regain sensation or movement in areas that were once affected by nerve damage, but this is never a guarantee.

Because this cycle proceeds at an incredibly rapid rate, it can not be controlled by nerve impulses and thus depends on the energy stored in the muscles themselves.

Dogs have a much richer blood supply to their paws than humans do to their feet, and every blood vessel is accompanied by a nerve.

A motor unit is defined as a nerve and all the muscle fibers stimulated by that nerve.

In the run up to an interview for a job you really want it's easy to be overwhelmed by nerves.

«Candidates shouldn't be too distracted by nerves,» one recruiter told us.

The amazing benefits of skin - to - skin contact are delivered by nerve stimulation.

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.

All muscular - skeletal muscles are activated by nerves.

The walls of the colon contain muscles that are stimulated to contract by nerves from the spinal cord.

Other forms of arthritis can be caused by the nerves being crushed by bones, or by infections in the area.

The consequences of disturbing these spinal nerves are not necessarily limited to spinal pain, but can potentially involve any function affected by these nerves, including digestion.

Right from the outset, we want you to feel comfortable and able to focus on your driving lessons without being distracted by nerves.

Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy poisoned by a nerve agent in Britain in March, has been discharged from hospital.

Treating him and the other two people poisoned by this nerve agent, while still providing outstanding care to the other patients who rely on our hospital, has been a huge and unprecedented challenge that I'm proud our staff at Salisbury Hospital have risen to.

Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin, botulin, that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.

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

Their search included studies on population based estimates of chronic pain — defined as lasting more than 3 months — chronic widespread pain, fibromyalgia (a rheumatic condition characterized by muscular or musculoskeletal pain), and chronic neuropathic pain (pain caused by nerve signalling problems).

Publication of Proof that Cot Death Babies Show Physiological Effects of Gaseous Poisoning: «Decreased Kainate Receptor Binding in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome», Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 1997; 56:1253 - 61: proof that cot death babies have neurochemical deficits consistent with poisoning by nerve gases.

Watkins believes that calming down glia and immune cells at inflammation sites could help alleviate pain from inflammatory conditions such as osteoarthritis as well as neuropathic pain caused by nerve injury from disease.

Beneath the pores, which are most closely packed on the head, are «electroreceptors» containing cells which are sensitive to electric pulses and connected to the brain by nerve fibres.

The trapezius is innervated partially by Cranial Nerve XI, which is the Spinal Accessory Nerve, and the traps are also innervated by the nerve roots of C3 and C4.

Carpal tunnel syndrome, caused by nerve compression in the wrist, is another possibility to consider.

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

The Chelsea skipper, who has been troubled by a nerve problem in his right leg, last night revealed he has played through the pain barrier since the end of last season — but now wants doctors to find a cure.

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.

Wobbler's syndrome is more of a condition of the front end, but dogs are commonly affected by nerve degeneration and arthritis in their hind ends.

Colorless and Deadly: On Sunday, an ex-Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in Britain by a nerve agent.

Nobbled by nerves!!!

Despite playing so well, Arsenal missed some great chances and having been pegged back to 1 - 1 against ten men, could have been overcome by nerves and fear again.

Of course, that excitement was mitigated by nerves.

Tugging on the ear may ease the pain caused by these nerve endings.

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.

The drug reduced the pain hypersensitivity induced by the nerve injury (or accompanying inflammation) but did not affect nociceptive pain — the protective pain sensation that helps us avoid injury.

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.

«Brain tumor growth stimulated by nerve activity in the cortex, study finds.»

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.

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.