Sentences with phrase «damage to nerve cells»

Researchers at the NRC have previously shown that gelatin accelerates brain tissue healing and reduces damage to nerve cells in the case of electrode implants, but only now are they starting to understand how.

«However, the capillary constriction produced by pericytes may, by restricting the blood supply for a long time, cause further damage to nerve cells even after the clot is removed.

Leprosy hijacks our immune system, turning an important repair mechanism into one that causes potentially irreparable damage to our nerve cells, according to new research that uses zebrafish to study the disease.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have defined for the first time a key underlying process implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS)-- a disease that causes progressive and irreversible damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

Alzheimer's disease is characterized by progressive damage to nerve cells and their connections.

The compound acts as an antioxidant, scavenging free radicals and preventing damage to nerve cells.

The research suggests that elevated levels of urea in the brain may be an early feature of Huntington's disease, but it did not explore what might lead to elevated urea or whether urea contributes to damage to nerve cells in the disease.

Although treatments are available for the disease, they do not repair the damage to nerve cells.

A particular type of macrophage known as microglia are found throughout the brain and spinal cord — in progressive forms of MS, they attack the CNS, causing chronic inflammation and damage to nerve cells.