Not exact matches
If we don't
control our
cells dividing, blood circulating, heart beating, bowel
movements, breathing, etc., then how is it that we can
control our destiny?
The cerebellum is the part of the brain responsible for posture, balance and
movement, and the researchers focused on those
cells that
control blinking.
It is
controlled, in part, by a series of channels on the surface of heart
cells that regulate the
movement of different ions into and out of the
cells.
The disease is caused by the accumulation of abnormally shaped α - synuclein proteins in neurons, leading to particularly toxic effects in dopamine - releasing
cells located in brain regions that
control movement.
In Parkinson's the pathways are thought to be out of balance, with interrupted motor
cells causing the debilitating tremors and loss of
movement control symptomatic of the disease.
An inherited disorder that results in the progressive breakdown of nerve
cells in the brain, Huntington's leads people to lose
control of their speech and
movement, as well as to cognitive decline.
In Parkinson's disease, they are used to turn down the excessive firing of discrete clusters of nerve
cells that
control movement.
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.
Front and center in this process is the motor neuron, the nerve
cell that
controls movement.
Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have uncovered new insights into how stem
cells transform into brain
cells that
control leg
movements.
The researchers traced stem
cells as they matured into motor neurons, which are the type of nerve
cells that
control muscle
movement.
They possess a suite of features lacking in their simpler brethren: a nucleus that houses DNA; an energy - producing device known as the mitochondrion; and molecular architecture, known as the cytoskeleton, that
controls cell shape and
movement.
What's more, these glial
cells were the ones that specifically build the scaffolding for the motor neurons that were born from the same stem
cells and ultimately
control leg
movement.
And because the Purkinje
cells are so closely connected to the motor neurons, the changes to those synapses are going to result in changes to the
movements that Purkinje
cell controls.»
Neurons that coordinate those
movements, known as Purkinje
cells, and ones that provide feedback when there is an error or unexpected sensation, known as climbing fibers, work in close concert to fine - tune motor
control.
All of the diseases, which cause the death of brain
cells involved in
controlling body
movements, have recently been traced to specific genes.
The polarity site (yellow traces) is a sensor, processor and motor all in one — a multifunctional instrument that
controls cell growth and
movement.
The research also answers a long - standing question about why motor neurons, the nerve
cells of the spinal cord that
control muscle
movement, form much faster than other types of neurons.
In 2004, surgeons placed a tiny 100 - electrode array in his primary motor cortex, the brain region that
controls voluntary
movement, to collect electrical impulses from nerve
cells and send them to a series of signal processors.
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.
Working with mouse, fly and human
cells and tissue, Johns Hopkins researchers report new evidence that disruptions in the
movement of cellular materials in and out of a
cell's
control center — the nucleus — appear to be a direct cause of brain
cell death in Huntington's disease, an inherited adult neurodegenerative disorder.
The disease destroys the brain
cells that
control body
movements.
To do so, the team looked to the mechanisms that
control the
movement of
cells into the bone marrow in the first place — CXCR4, a chemokine receptor, and its ligand, CXCL12.
By contrast, all eukaryotic
cells, which evolved from bacteria and make up all plants and animals, have cytoskeletons that
control structure and internal cellular
movement.
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.
A third class transfers the SNOs to additional proteins that
control numerous additional cellular functions, including growth,
movement and metabolism, and also protect
cells from injury.
Signals from these
cells to the muscles weaken in victims, resulting in atrophy, speech disruptions and, eventually, total loss of
control over
movement.
Parkinson's leads to the loss of brain
cells that make dopamine, a chemical that helps
control body
movements.
A small molecule in
cells that was previously believed to have no impact on animal behaviour could in fact be responsible for
controlling precise
movements, according to new University of Sussex research.
The researchers describe «a finely tuned orchestration of three domain
movements» that allows the receptors to elegantly
control passageways across
cell membranes.
A study comparing children between 7 and 11 years of age who have moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea to children the same age who slept normally, found significant reductions of gray matter — brain
cells involved in
movement, memory, emotions, speech, perception, decision making and self -
control — in several regions of the brains of children with sleep apnea.
British - born Thomas Jessell, Professor of Neuroscience and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at Columbia University in New York, US, has worked for more than two decades to understand how nerve
cells in the developing spinal cord assemble into the circuits that
control sensory perception and
movement.
Other Gladstone scientists are investigating the network of brain
cells that
controls movements to figure out how its dysfunction leads to the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Researchers from Aarhus University conducted a case -
control study on the condition of the dopamine - producing nerve
cells in the brain and
cells that participate in the brain's immune system in people suffering from rapid eye
movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD).
Again, prostaglandins are important because they appear to promote cancer by activating pathways that
control cell growth and
movement.
The researchers are analysing cancer tissues from a group of TNBC patients looking for two proteins that interact to
control the
movement of cancer
cells in distant organs.
This consortium of researchers, clinicians, and patients, has «systematically investigated and graded» evidence for over 35 «alternative» treatments for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's disease), a fatal disease that destroys the nerve
cells that
control voluntary muscle
movement.
The blood - brain barrier is a collection of specialized
cells and proteins that
control the
movement of molecules from the blood to the central nervous system.
Motor neurons are long and complex nerve
cells that
control voluntary
movement.
An elaborately orchestrated genetic program transforms generic neural
cells in vertebrate embryos into motor neurons that
control specific muscular
movements.
Changes were found only in the experienced meditators.26 Another study found threefold changes in GE in the immune
cells after yoga versus a
control movement program.27 These studies suggest that there are greater changes in experienced meditators than in novices after one bout.
ALS usually strikes between the ages of 40 and 75, ravaging the body's motor neurons — nerve
cells that
control muscle
movement.
British - born Thomas Jessell, Professor of Neuroscience and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at Columbia University in New York, U.S., has worked for more than two decades to understand how nerve
cells in the developing spinal cord assemble into the circuits that
control sensory perception and
movement.
In this disease,
cells that make the neurotransmitter dopamine, which helps
control movement, die.
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).
This symposium will provide unique perspective vertebrate head evolution, detailing the evolution of motor systems
controlling jaw and head
movements, eye
movements, parasympathetic
control of all head glands and facial branchial motor derived gain
control of inner ear hair
cells.
This protein helps
control the growth and division (proliferation) of
cells, the process by which
cells mature to carry out specific functions (differentiation),
cell movement (motility), and the self - destruction of
cells (apoptosis).
Super Vegan Anaconda extends an enjoyable rendition of
cell - phone standard Snake, this time with fluid
control rather than
movement across discrete grid spaces.
At times the lack of precision
control over
movement makes bouncing and spinning one's way to Princess Peach's holding
cell more relieving than satisfying, like surviving a war zone you were forced to charge through instead of displaying platforming prowess voluntarily.