Sentences with phrase «controlled by nerve»

However, by scaling each opening curve by its maximum opening, they found that the relative rate of opening was conserved, suggesting that the degree to which the mouth opens is controlled by nerve signaling.

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.

In addition, both patients had been using advanced prosthetic right hands controlled by the nerves in the amputation stump.

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What he should have said is that he does not have the nerve to exercise the control that was entrusted to him by the Church, and that he accepted by solemn vows before God and man.

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.

Breast milk production is a fascinating natural phenomenon that involves a range of hormones controlled by the endocrine system, stimulation of the nerve endings attached to your nipples and a supply and demand system.

It utilizes the Gate Theory of Pain Control by gently stimulating your sensory nerves to suppress or block the pain signal to the brain.

«Either this was a direct act by the Russian state against our country, or the Russian government lost control of this potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get in the hands of others,» May said.

May said either the attack was an act by the Russian state, or Russia had lost control of its nerve agent.

Mrs May said: «Either this was a direct action by the Russian state against our country, or the Russian government lost control of its potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others.»

Transplanted neurons controlled by light can drive muscle function in damaged mouse sciatic nerves.

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

In other animal studies, he observed that pancreatic juices break down fats and starches and that certain nerves control blood flow by triggering veins to constrict or dilate.

The team injected chemicals similar to those released in a healthy rat by the brainstem pathways that activate nerves controlling lower body movement.

What's more, it is unique because it is divided in two — each half is controlled by a separate nerve and muscle, so can produce sound independently.

Muscular Dystrophy is a hereditary condition marked by weakness and progressive wasting of the muscles, while ALS impacts nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement.

The brain controls movement by sending electrical signals to our muscles through nerve cells.

By examining the cell cultivation dishes, the researchers were able to observe how the patients» cells behaved and developed from stem cells to nerve cells and compare them with cells from healthy controls.

This allows nerve fibres to grow in the right direction by following simple developmental rules controlled by biochemical signals — in a similar way to how the grid of New York City's streets makes it easy to give someone directions to a destination.

The toxins usually kill by blocking the nerve cells which control the breathing or heartbeat.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says more than 9 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes and an estimated 50 percent of people with diabetes have some form of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, nerve damage caused by high levels of blood sugar, although not all have symptoms.

For the first time, scientists found that in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the affected nerve cells that control muscle movement, or motor neurons, have defects in their mitochondria, which generate energy used by the cell.

The team, led by Stephen Liberles, Harvard Medical School associate professor of cell biology, has effectively deconstructed the vagus nerve, a key connection between body and brain that is important because it controls not only breathing but also heart rate, feeding behavior and responses to illness.

Simply by changing their length in response to nerve stimulation, muscles can exert controlled amounts of force sufficient to blink an eyelid or hoist a barbell.

Now scientists in Nigeria and Britain have completed a placebo - controlled trial in more than 3500 people which shows that ivermectin reduces the incidence of optic nerve disease caused by the worm Onchocerca volvulus (The Lancet, vol 341, 16 January 1993, p 130).

Three men with serious nerve damage had their hands amputated and replaced by prosthetic ones that they can control with their minds.

TMS is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat some patients with depression by stimulating nerve cells in the region of the brain involved in mood control.

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).

A man missing his lower leg has gained precise control over a prosthetic limb, just by thinking about moving it — all because his unused nerves were preserved during the amputation and rerouted to his thigh where they can be used to communicate with a robotic leg.

Researchers surgically redirect nerves that would normally control the arm into unused chest muscle, where nerve signals are interpreted by electrodes that guide the robotic limb.

Dulling nerve cells in mice's lungs soothes irritated airways by easing inflammation and out - of - control coughing, researchers report online June 25 in Neuron.

Now, Professor Martin and colleagues have discovered that in response to specific types of cell damage, Parkin can trigger the self - destruction of «injured» nerve cells by switching on a controlled process of «cellular suicide» called apoptosis.

By studying healthy nerve cells and cells from people with neurodegenerative diseases, Evans plans to find out how nerve cells perform this important quality control, and how the process might be corrected when something goes wrong.

Using a novel methodology, the researchers found an association between the disorder and a DNA marker that is very close to the dopamine transporter gene, which controls the intake of this important neural messenger by the nerve cells that respond to dopamine's signal.

The brain may further modulate the pain signal by activating the «descending pain control system,» made up of bundles of nerve fibers that travel from brain to spinal cord to decrease the pain signal.

«The second aim of the study was to see whether pancreatic insulin and enzyme secretions are controlled by different types of vagal motoneurons — the cells of the nervous system that control motor functions of the pancreas through the vagus nerve.»

It is caused by a missing or defective gene that maintains the health of spinal nerves called motor neurons, which control voluntary muscle function.

Vagus nerve stimulation — Another option for children whose seizures are not well - controlled by medication is vagal nerve stimulation (VNS).

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).

VNS controls seizures by sending small pulses to the brain from a nerve in the neck, delivered by a small pacemaker placed under the skin below the collarbone.

Despite the elegance, simplicity and beauty of this principal, it is still unclear how the number of parasympathetic neurons is controlled and why only some of the cells transported by nerves are transformed into that which becomes an important part of the nervous system», says Igor Adameyko at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology who, together with Patrik Ernfors at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, is responsible for the study.

The Finnish snowboarding coach keeps his athletes nerves controlled by making them KNIT.

Just by taking long, controlled breaths we can slow our heart rate, calm our nerves, and find more clarity.

The muscles that contract the back of the throat are controlled by the vagus nerve.

Choline is a precursor for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which is especially important in memory and mood, and it is also the transmitter most often used by neurons that communicate between the brain and the nerves controlling skeletal muscles, heart rate, breathing, sweating and salivation.

My nerves make me feel sick so I skip meals, my energy levels plummet so I binge, my sense of failure kicks in so I am repulsed by my lack of control, then the nerves start... and so begins the cycle again.

«The relaxation response is controlled by another set of nerves — the main nerve being the Vagus nerve.

After the nerves that affect conscious proprioception go, next are the nerves for voluntary motion (including voluntary control of urination / defecation), followed by the nerves for superficial pain perception, and ultimately the nerves for deep pain perception (usually tested by applying a strong pinch to the toe).

A cat's pupils are controlled by the optic nerves and the brain, which sense the amount of light entering the

It is due to the irritation of nerves in the stomach and is controlled by a «Vomit Center» in the brain and indirectly via a «Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone» (CTZ).