Sentences with phrase «dampens activity»

When we eat highly rewarding food (food that is high in sugar and / or fat and usually highly processed), it dampens the activity of our TRS, and we feel better.

In this study, 58 study participants were subjected to 40 seconds of a noninvasive procedure called theta - burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, which temporarily dampens activity in specific regions of the brain.

Inasmuch as these temporary factors are dampening activity, they don't deserve action from Poloz.

It's clear, however, that consumer sentiment coupled with some perceived barriers is dampening activity in the housing market right now.

In particular, Substance P makes one type of these proteins extremely sensitive to zinc, so that natural trace levels of zinc in circulation are enough to dampen their activity and suppress the neuronal responses.

Some bacteria boosted the activity of certain cells, while others dampened the activity of the very same cells.

The protein sits on the surface of T cells and helps dampen the activity of the cells after an immune response, but tumors have found ways to hide from T cell attack by flipping on the PD - 1 switch themselves.

Not only did the CLA's impact on NF - kappa - B activity reduce the production of the COX - 2 enzyme, but it also dampened the activity of any COX - 2 that was made.

He used a series of genetic engineering tricks to boost or dampen the activity of specific neurons, looking for resulting changes to the animals» handedness.

The findings suggest a possible avenue for developing new therapies for CMT by either dampening the activity of the mutant GlyRS enzymes or amplifying the competing signal that promotes the health of the motor neurons.

Now, by dampening the activity of a small group of neurons deep within the mouse brain, researchers have produced cognitive deficits similar to those found in those with schizophrenia, a discovery that they say could potentially lead to new treatments for the disorder, which affects roughly 24 million people worldwide.

So - called excitatory neurons, which amplify brain activity, account for nearly 80 percent of the neurons in the brain; inhibitory neurons, which dampen activity, make up the remaining 20 percent.

The idea is that there are systems in the brain that help us by imitating only «internally» — they dampen the activity of mirror neurons when we simply watch, so that we can still have the sort of «inner imitation» that allows us to empathize with others, without any overt imitation.

Nerve - signaling chemicals called neurotransmitters can «switch off» or dampen the activity of cells that signal arousal or relaxation.

Political uncertainty may continue to dampen activity although a weakened sterling may fuel demand from overseas investors.

Dampened activity from Hurricane Harvey is also weighing, and will lead to lower home sales activity in the months ahead.»

Not exact matches

Alexander noted that tighter mortgage rules (i.e. the new 25 - year mortgage regulation implemented by Flaherty in the summer of 2012), and increasing mortgage rates have both played a role in «dampening» buying activity in the real estate market.

But homebuying activity has also since been dampened by the Bank of Canada's move in January to hike interest rates to 1.25 per cent.

You're seeing a little bit of caution about tax reform, and so that seems to be dampening things a bit, but overall if you look at the origination business, clients are engaged in a lot more activity.

The New York Fed also reported that the regional housing sector had a less consequential effect on regional economic conditions than in other parts of the nation where housing played a more significant role in dampening economic activity.

Unlike earlier episodes, these actions will not be taken in the context of an overheated economy that requires a quick and substantive dose of policy tightening to dampen economic activity and inflationary pressures.

Although risks remain, the fear of rising interest rates dampening homebuying activity has sent Toll Brothers stock to a bargain price.

The Reserve Bank uses the cash rate to stimulate or dampen economic activity such that inflation is in the target range over the medium term.

In addition, proposed US tax reform could result in the elimination of certain interest expense deductions, which could dampen private equity activity.

However, these effects would be partially offset by the accompanying dampening influence on demand and activity, which could reduce domestically sourced inflationary pressures.

All else equal, the stronger exchange rate would have a dampening influence on economic activity, although an important offset to this is the related improvement in the terms of trade and stronger global demand.

This led to higher bond yields and another weak close for US equities as business and consumer activity could be dampened by higher interest rates.

Wenger is blaming the uncertainty of key players futures for dampening his transfer activities??

I think Sanchez was dampened by lack of activities in transfer market.

«Although there was an overall dampening effect of alcohol on the prefrontal cortex, even at a low dose of alcohol we observed a significant positive relationship between dorsomedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity and alcohol - related aggression,» explains Denson.

And GABA neurotransmitter is one of the most common neurotransmitters in the brain and it is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that it's [is] kind of dampening the brain wave activity.

This means that bursting cells may be sending particularly strong messages to dampen down activity in reward areas, which could lead to depression.

At the moment, schizophrenia treatment tends to involve drugs that dampen down neuron activity in the brain.

«We were fascinated to observe how sleep deprivation dampened brain cell activity,» said lead author Dr. Yuval Nir of Tel - Aviv University.

However, this neural activity was dampened when the men were exposed to the tears.

In a new study detailed in the journal Nature Geoscience, they show that while the former tends to dampen tornado activity, the latter can give it a boost.

Since 2009, scientists» warnings have become more strident and new factors have emerged, sometimes dampening the impact of their message that human activity is driving warming.

Not the kind that encode proteins, but RNAs that help boost or dampen protein production and gene activity in cells, and have been linked to health and disease (SN: 8/28/10, p. 18).

Turning on a set of neurons that dampen brain activity improves social behavior in a mouse model of autism; turning off neurons that excite brain activity does the same thing.

Cell detoxification, airway inflammation control, and tumor suppression were dampened while cancer - causing gene activity increased.

Because the RNAi wasn't used to dampen FOXP2 activity until 23 days after the birds hatched, the new study shows that the gene has a role beyond embryonic development, says neurogeneticist Simon Fisher of the University of Oxford in the U.K. «The gene, at least in songbirds, may have important active functions in [neural] circuits,» he says.

Any activity on the part of the fir», department could be quickly dampened with a few shrapnel.

Strikingly, diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis all feature inflammatory processes driven by JAK / STAT activity and the effectiveness of MTX in these inflammatory diseases may well be a consequence of its ability to dampen the JAK / STAT pathway.

Even in «hot» tumors, potent immunosuppressive mechanisms dampen T - cell activity and limit the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors.

from the link given at the bottom of your news: ============== Evidence suggests that the val variant likely triggers more dopamine activity in the striatum indirectly, by dampening prefrontal dopamine activity.

«We might have some real insight into the advantages of dampening of synaptic activity that is caused by fasting,» said Haghighi, for example, how fasting can be beneficial for epileptic patients, who can experience reduced seizures when restricting calories.

Kauwe and others in Haghighi's lab are exploring why such a change in the set point of synaptic transmission occurs so rapidly, and how dampening neuron activity might be beneficial in treating, or even preventing, neurodegenerative diseases.

The anti-inflammatory effects of quercetin seem to come from its ability to dampen the production and activity of pro-inflammatory biochemicals such as leukotrienes and prostaglandins.

Research shows nutritional ketosis helps dampen this excessive activity; in one pilot study, 9 a majority of autistic children showed improvement after following a cyclical ketogenic diet for six months.

In functional neurology, we use specific exercises and activities to dampen areas of the brain that are over responsive to stress and stimulate those areas that can help control the fear response.