Sentences with phrase «damaged signaling in the brain»

The speculation being that being exposed to a particular frequency could potentially correct the damaged signaling in the brain and ward off the disease altogether.

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Surviving axons may compensate for the damage by increasing electrical signaling and thus restoring the normal speed of information processing in the brain.

As well as offering a way to create souped - up organisms, changing neural connectivity could one day allow us to treat brain damage in people by rerouting signals around damaged neurons.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

In people with RP and AMD, the photoreceptors have been damaged and lost, so the ganglion cells do not receive signals and the brain can not produce an image.

This shows that the gut bacteria which thrive during a high fat diet are playing a role in the damaging effects of the diet on brain signals.

These interfaces pick up signals in the user's brain, bypass the damaged nerves, and allow the user to literally think his or her way through writing a letter on a computer screen or controlling a prosthetic hand.

In prior stroke studies on animals, stem cells injected into the brain or bloodstream migrated to sites of damage, apparently drawn by signals from damaged cells.

More and more evidence from other parts of the brain suggest that a molecule called ATP is part of the signaling mechanism where damaged neurons tell the glia that they are in distress.

«It's not as though a cable has been cut,» Gunstad told Science News, but the damage could be a problem for signals trying to get from one place to another in the brain.

Learning - related changes in signaling strength between synapses in the hippocampus, a region crucial to memory and one of the first parts of the brain to suffer damage with the onset of Alzheimer's Disease.

Drugs that block signaling through this CRF receptor reduce brain damage and deficits in learning and memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's, suggesting a new potential treatment for this devastating disease.

Neuropathic — Also known as nerve pain or neuropathy, neuropathic back pain occurs when receptors in the spinal column continue to send pain signals to the brain even though there is no ongoing tissue damage.

Medline Plus advises that facial paralysis is generally caused either by damage or swelling of the facial nerves, or as the result of brain trauma in the area that signals the muscles in the face.

This damage can cause disruption in the communication of signals between the body and brain.