Sentences with phrase «control body activity»

In the case of vertebrates — including humans — the neurons in the midbrain control body activity, especially those required for locomotion.

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Brain scans of obese patients who had lost 10 % of their body weight revealed that less leptin leads to increased activity in regions of the brain that control our desire to eat.

With AIDS spiraling out of control in the ghettos the last thing Blacks need is to encourage activities that spread the disease, particularly to Black women who are tricked by men posing as straight but living in sin with other men and depositing their deadly AIDS virus into the bodies of innocent, unsuspecting women and hapless men.

In my case the disease was distinctly what would be classed as nervous, not organic; but from such opportunities as I have had of observing, I have come to the conclusion that the dividing line that has been drawn is an arbitrary one, the nerves controlling the internal activities and the nutrition of the body throughout; and I believe that the central nervous system, by starting and inhibiting local centres, can exercise a vast influence upon disease of any kind, if it can be brought to bear.

I doubt very much if they used cortisone to control the inflammation because that only exacerbates an injury long - term i.e. the player will feel great and resume doing the activity that the body is trying to ask you to stop doing by swelling.

Here is the remarkable thing: It's estimated that approximately 80 % of cardiovascular disease events can be prevented by healthy diet, regular physical activity, maintaining a healthy body weight, not smoking, controlling blood pressure, controlling diabetes, and maintaining recommended cholesterol levels.

According to his theory, the brain controlled our body's activities by pumping fluid from the ventricles through the nerves to other organs.

Given that the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, this suggests that babbling is mainly a left - brain activity.

The thyroid hormone thyroxine, which controls our day - to - day activity and was previously believed to remain at a constant level in the blood, actually fluctuates as a result of a protein which modifies the release of the hormone depending on body temperature, new research reveals.

The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary activities in the body, such as the beating of the heart and circulation of blood.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

For most available T cell immunotherapies, T cells (which play a central role in defending the body against illness) are engineered to recognize and eliminate tumors, but their activity is not specifically controlled, leading to toxicity and unwanted side effects in patients as a result of inflammation or in some cases suboptimal response to treatment.

Halloway's analysis found the association between participants» actual physical activity and gray matter volumes remained after further controlling for age, gender, education levels, body mass index and symptoms of depression, all of which are associated with lower levels of gray matter in the brain.

These research findings deliver new insight into the neuronal control of movement termination in vertebrates: «Stop cells» are brainstem neurons that affect neural networks in the medulla as command neurons and quickly end body activity.

From there, they go through the medulla to the local networks that control the activity of the body's musculature.

Scientists controlled for factors that could have affected a woman's vitamin D status, including race, pre-pregnancy body mass index, number of previous pregnancies, smoking, diet, physical activity and sunlight exposure, which is the body's primary source of vitamin D.

SIRT1 (yellow ovals) may help mice live longer by fine - tuning activity of genes that control the body's sugar supply.

Joslin scientists in the Tseng Laboratory of the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism previously discovered that one type of bone morphogenetic protein, BMP - 7, plays a key role in the control of brown fat formation and its heat - producing activity, which regulates whole body metabolism.

When it does, it can mimic natural hormones that help control many body activities.

Their activity controls the body's circadian clock.

We found that FRE activity was significantly higher when we reduced TOR activity or knocked down GBP1 and / or GBP2 in the fat body when compared to control larvae (Fig 5I).

These results further support the notion that nutrition - sensitive expression of GBP1 and GBP2 controls IIS activity throughout the body.

Furthermore, these peptides control ILP secretion from the insulin - producing cells, which alters IIS activity in the entire body.

During the development of multicellular organisms, body growth is controlled at the scale of the organism by the activity of long - range signaling molecules, mostly hormones.

The coordinator reports to the director of the research centre and his / her responsibilities include: — Developing a common vision, objectives and strategy (technologies, equipment, human resources, budget, etc.) for the Curie platforms — Overseeing and coordinating facility management (including budget, investments and finances)-- Coordinating technology sharing, upgrading and scouting — Promoting an integrated management information system in collaboration with Bioinformatics and the Informatics departments — Developing and implementing institutional policies and rules — Representing the platforms in main executive and strategic bodies at the Curie RC — Promoting internal and external training activities in state - of - the - art technologies — Supporting fundraising for the platforms (in collaboration with the Grants & Technology Transfer offices)-- Coordinating and boosting dissemination and outreach activities — Facilitating internal and external collaborations and networking — Promoting quality control aligned with Health / safety and Environmental (HSE) aspects in collaboration with the Biosafety and Radiation officers

(Researchers controlled for factors such as smoking, body mass index, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and other dietary factors.)

Research by German and Swedish experts investigating the effect of short - term sleep deprivation on hunger, physical activity and calorie metabolism found that too much time awake adversely impacts calorie consumption and body weight control by disrupting the delicate balance between sleep and hunger hormones.

Hormones are the chemical messengers in our bodies that trigger, regulate and control the activity of organs and cells.

When you have arthritis, it can take your body longer to adjust to new activity, notes the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Healthy fats are crucial for numerous body functions such as proper brain and heart activity, hormone regulation and control of energy levels.

These chemical messengers transmit signals throughout the body and play a large role in controlling behavior, emotion, and physical activity.

When they controlled for factors such as age, body mass index, smoking status, and alcohol consumption, the researchers found that people in the low physical - activity group were 10 % less likely to have had an infection than those in the sedentary group.

That's because hormones are powerful messengers that direct and control every function in the body and influence cellular activity.

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Study the Effects of Breakfast on Energy Intake, Physical Activity, and Body Fat in Women.

Potassium's main functions in the body includes regulating fluid balance and controlling activity of the heart and other muscles.

Each day, your body must breathe, blink, circulate blood, control body temperature, grow new cells, support brain and nerve activity and contract muscles.

Edit 2017: Recently, after learning about new research and working with even more women, I'm finding that plant - based phytoestrogens may promote ER beta activity, which can lower estrogenic potency in the body as a whole, thereby decreasing the risk for certain cancers (this is not true of synthetic estrogen, like that in hormonal birth control or estrogen replacement therapy).

Klebsiella activity in the intestinal tract is carefully controlled and kept in check by the beneficial bacteria, but once it gets to other areas of the body like the urinary system, the prostate, lungs (pneumonia), the blood stream (poor wound healing), it can becomes a major cause of serious infection, and even chronic illness.

The kidneys are a regulatory organ, they help to control the levels of electrolytes, and when salt is dissolved its elements sodium and chloride become important electrolytes, responsible for transferring the electrical activity within your body.

This gland controls many of the hormonal activities in the body.

Scientists have discovered that when your right nostril is dominant, the EEG activity is greater in the left cerebral hemisphere (each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body), and when the nostril dominance switches, so does the activity of the brain hemisphere.

Oats are reported to possess varied drug - like activities like lowering of blood cholesterol and blood sugar, boosting our immune system, anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-atherosclerosis, in addition to being a topical anti-inflammatory, and may also be useful in controlling childhood asthma, body weight, etc..

We want to emphasize the speculative nature of this recommendation, and also emphasize the great extent to which body weight and body composition fall under the control of other factors besides diet (for example, physical activity level).

Vitamin D would therefore more appropriately be classified as a hormone rather than a vitamin, because it is a chemical substance produced by the body which controls and regulates the activity of a variety of cells and organs.

No matter who you are or what foods you choose to fuel your body, understand that rest, sleep, motivation, stress control and activity level are important ingredients in the recipe to balance the mind, body and soul.

All activities in the body are controlled by prana.

Your body uses this essential electrolyte to build muscle, break down and use carbs, control the electrical activity of the heart, and more.

The conclusions of Deadly Harvest are that disease control happens by eating a strict low - glycemic diet, lowering the percentage of body fat you carry around, eat a diet consisting of mostly non-starchy plant - based foods, eat a low - fat diet with ample amounts of omega - 3 fats, maintain good colon health, engage in regular physical activity, get some daily sunshine, and reduce chronic stress.

Increased physical activity reduces appetite at least in the short term by increasing the bodys sensitivity to hormones that control appetite.

Bodily - kinesthetic intelligence, one of Howard Gardner's nine multiple intelligences, involves how well an individual controls her body in terms of physical activity and / or fine motor skills.