Sentences with phrase «chemical signals received»

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Puffing didn't induce varicosities along the lengths of dendrites, the parts of neurons that receive chemical signals from neighboring nerve cells.

It targets nicotinic 42 receptors (see «Mixed signals»), which normally receive chemical signals from the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

The signal - sending neuron pumps chemicals into the space, and the signal - receiving neuron takes up some of them, triggering a new electric pulse.

Next, the researchers wanted to see if blocking the GluR1 receptors from receiving signals from the chemical messenger glutamate would allow the mice given alcohol to forget their fear by dissociating the emotional response from the memory.

To test this type of communication in a 3 - D structure, they printed a thin sheet of hydrogel filaments with «input,» or signal - producing bacteria and chemicals, overlaid with another layer of filaments of an «output,» or signal - receiving bacteria.

They are thought to work by blocking the reabsorption of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain, leaving more of it available to help brain cells send and receive chemical signals, thereby boosting mood.

In other organisms, there is instead a signaling mechanism: An embryonic cell receives chemical signals from neighboring cells that activate (or repress) the genes that allow for germ - line function.

The drug boosted dopamine, a brain chemical involved in pleasure and motivation, equivalently, but pair - bonded voles had fewer receptors ready to receive the dopamine signal.

The researchers looked in rats» brains for the genetic instructions needed to make a key «pleasure receptor,» called D2, that allows brain cells to receive signals sent by the brain chemical dopamine — or cocaine.

This video shows an agent - based model of an immune cell receiving chemical signals from other cells.

When they looked at brains from these mice, the researchers noticed that hippocampal nerves that were between 1 and 2 months old could dramatically increase or decrease the amount of signaling chemicals they receive from neighboring nerves.

Neurons communicate with each other through chemical signals that are released from one nerve terminal (pre-synapse) and received by another (post-synapse).

dendrite Projection from a neuron that is involved in receiving chemical signals from neighboring cells.

The pituitary gland receives the signals from the hypothalamus (corticotropin releasing hormone — CRH) and sends its own chemical signals to the adrenal cortex through a hormone called adrenal corticol tropic hormone (ACTH) in order to form the appropriate responses to the environmental stimuli.

Chronic inflammation occurs when your body receives on - going stress signals that activate the immune system to continue producing inflammatory chemicals.

All the signals which child send and receive will travel from cell to cell serotonin chemical.

One variety of fish, called the gobi, acts as a bodyguard when it receives chemical signals from the coral indicating danger.