Sentences with phrase «certain cells in the brain»

PRECISION images of real faces have been recreated by monitoring the activity of certain cells in the brains of macaque monkeys as they looked at photographs of people.

The prize celebrates Dr. Paz's discovery that epileptic seizures can be stopped in real - time in rodents using optogenetics — a tool that enables scientists to turn certain cells in the brain on or off with light.

Jeanne Paz, PhD, studies epilepsy with optogenetics, a tool that scientists use to turn certain cells in the brain on or off with light.

Not exact matches

BlueRock's first two programs are treatments that could regenerate heart muscle cells after heart attacks and help replace certain neurons in the brain as they decline in people with Parkinson's disease.

Only a special systemic order of atoms in certain molecules of different types of brain cells, steady activity of these cells and excitations coming from sensoric nerves and running to associative and motoric centers are the basis of the peculiarity of brain function.

Certain elements in breastmilk are not in artificial baby milk (formula) even though we have known of their importance to the baby for several years — for example, antibodies and cells for protection of the baby against infection, and long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal development of the baby's vision and brain.

In the new study, the scientists expressed surprise that the early abnormal growth of brain cells they observed in the fish embryo specifically affected male hormones, potentially indicating why more boys than girls are diagnosed with certain neurodevelopmental disorders such as autisIn the new study, the scientists expressed surprise that the early abnormal growth of brain cells they observed in the fish embryo specifically affected male hormones, potentially indicating why more boys than girls are diagnosed with certain neurodevelopmental disorders such as autisin the fish embryo specifically affected male hormones, potentially indicating why more boys than girls are diagnosed with certain neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism.

Using an MRI technique that is sensitive to certain byproducts of cell metabolism, including levels of glucose and acidity, University of Iowa researchers discovered previously unrecognized differences in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder.

Further study revealed that these so - called immune proteins are actually present on the surface of certain nerve cells, but that they functioned differently in the brain than they did in the rest of the body; rather than scouting for germs, they influenced signals sent between neurons.

Bingwei Lu, a neuroscientist at Stanford University in California, has shown that a microRNA sequence which suppresses certain genes is linked to the death of brain cells in fruit flies.

Small amounts of glycogen are found in the kidneys, and even smaller amounts in certain glial cells in the brain and white blood cells.

But there are also certain things that if an investigator like [s] to do, and I came from cellular neurobiology having learnt from Grundfest and from Wade Marshall and from my period at the NIH how to study nerve cells in the brain; and I was until that point studying complex organisms — a cat; Aplysia fitted me to a tee.

A technique that involves genetically engineering brain cells so that they fire in the presence of certain drugs has been used to treat epilepsy in rats, and it could soon be tested in humans.

In contrast, the new method used on mice causes certain nerve cells to fire at a specific rhythm, generating brain waves that researchers believe may clear A-beta.

Agalliu also found that Th17 cells induced by strep opened the BBB only in certain spots: Since strep enters the body through the nose, it made sense that he saw the BBB was pierced near the olfactory bulb, the structure in the front of the brain that processes odors.

Neuroscientists usually explain color illusions in mechanistic terms: They arise because of the way cells in the retina and the brain respond to certain wavelengths of light.

Mice lacking certain sequences had abnormally low numbers of brain cells that have been implicated in the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Certain changes in synapses — the junctions between nerve cells in the brain — have been linked with brain disorders.

A team of multidisciplinary researchers with expertise spanning biotechnology, information technology, and medicine have used a combination of several «omics technologies to map proteins down to the single cell level, showing both proteins restricted to certain tissues — such as the brain, heart, or liver — and those present in all tissues.

The idea has been controversial, but three papers published today report evidence that in certain brain, skin, and intestinal tumors, cancer stem cells are the source of tumor growth.

Our study suggests otherwise, though, as we found that a certain type of B cell is quite abundant in the ventricles, meninges, and choroid plexus in the brains of young mice.

In researches using the more complex animals, it is known that certain nerve cells in the brain integrate information and make a decision when reaching a certain level, which likely occurs also in humanIn researches using the more complex animals, it is known that certain nerve cells in the brain integrate information and make a decision when reaching a certain level, which likely occurs also in humanin the brain integrate information and make a decision when reaching a certain level, which likely occurs also in humanin humans.

It's a result of specialised face cells in the brain responding to non-face objects that share certain feature with faces, he says.

FosB is a transcription factor in the brain which, together with other molecules, is involved in so - called signal transduction (transmission of stimuli to the cells), that is to say conveys genetic information between the cells and also determines whether certain genes are activated or not.

A technique that involves genetically engineering brain cells so that they fire in the presence of certain drugs has been used to treat an epilepsy - like condition in rats, and it could soon be trialled in humans.

Plasma from old mice didn't have a strong effect when injected into young mice genetically engineered to lack VCAM1 in certain blood - brain barrier cells.

Astonishingly, Gillrie says those cells types then have the intrinsic ability to self - organize to a certain degree, into an alveolus in the lung for example, or the blood - brain barrier in the brain.

After concluding that increased stem cell production in a certain area of the brain had a positive effect on behavioral deficits of Alzheimer's, Prof. Offen has moved to research into the area of the brain that controls memory.

Patients lose certain brain cells in the hypothalamus, leading to a deficiency of hypocretin, a molecule that helps regulate the sleep - wake cycle.

Two weeks later, the researchers found the brain - derived cells in the regenerating muscle tissue — suggesting that neural stem cell lines might be candidates for treating certain muscle diseases.

Neuroscientists have long noted that if certain brain cells are destroyed by, say, a stroke, new circuits may be laid in another location to compensate, essentially rewiring the brain.

Likewise, certain brain regions of these optogenetically stimulated, post-stroke mice showed increased levels of proteins associated with heightened ability of nerve cells to alter their structural features in response to experience — for example, practice and learning.

Retrotransposons are normally silenced to prevent harmful mutations from occurring in egg and sperm cells, but are mobilized during certain stages of brain development, when neurons are being produced from dividing stem cells.

In Parkinson's disease, gobs of the protein α - synuclein accumulate in certain brain cells and may kill theIn Parkinson's disease, gobs of the protein α - synuclein accumulate in certain brain cells and may kill thein certain brain cells and may kill them.

In situations where monkeys can potentially cooperate to improve their mutual reward, certain groups of brain cells work to accurately predict the responses of other monkeys

John O'Keefe discovered that certain cells in a region of the brain called the hippocampus preferentially fired, or were activated, when an animal was in a particular environmental location — the first description of «place cells».

Basically, certain molecules had started clumping together in Kamni's brain, killing her brain cells.

Researchers from the Texas A&M University have discovered that a person's alcohol drinking behavior could be easily influenced by activating a certain set of nerve cells in the brain.

And the new research published this week leans towards the latter: Certain anaesthetics apparently induce mutant protein aggregation in neurons and cause stress responses in those brain cells.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Scientists know that in patients with Parkinson's disease, certain proteins in the brain form clusters that somehow contribute to cell death and, eventually, lead to the onset of the disease's debilitating symptoms.

Certain anaesthetics apparently induce mutant protein aggregation in neurons and cause stress responses in those brain cells.

How can a mutant gene whose product is found in every cell only sicken certain brain cells?

Experts suspect the disorder is caused by abnormalities in certain areas of the brain, the circuits that connect them, and the neurotransmitters (brain chemicals) that transmit messages among brain cells.

Then UC San Francisco's Arturo Alvarez - Buylla, PhD, and other neuroscientists discovered in birds and mice that stem cells in certain parts of the brain do produce new neurons throughout the animal's life.

During certain cognitive processes a category of brain waves known as gamma oscillations (30 - 80 Hz) increases in prefrontal cortex, and when the scientists activated the PV cells at gamma frequencies the animals solved the task more times.

The researchers identified a certain allele — an alternate form of a gene — that preserves brain cells in what they are calling a «breakthrough» finding, according to a report published in the EBioMedicine journal last month.

Those genes now make certain proteins in their brain cells when those neurons fire.

Both diets draw from a growing body of research suggesting that certain nutrients — mostly found in plant - based foods, whole grains, beans, nuts, vegetable oils and fish — help protect cells in the brain while fighting harmful inflammation and oxidation.

While you're awake, certain neurons in the brain are actively producing a chemical called adenosine, which is a by - product of cell activities.

Certain gene mutations may impede the ability of nerve cells in the brain to communicate effectively.