Sentences with phrase «death of brain cells»
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When this happens, molecular nutrients can no longer move to where they are needed and the oligomers produce toxic effects leading to the eventual death of the brain cells.
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are two brain diseases associated with neurodegeneration, the abnormally rapid death of brain cells.
Huntington's disease is caused by the malfunctioning and early death of brain cells.
Bingwei Lu, a neuroscientist at Stanford University in California, has shown that a microRNA sequence which suppresses certain genes is linked to the death of brain cells in fruit flies.
The disease is progressive and degenerative, wherein the death of brain cells causes an array of motor and non-motor symptoms, most recognizably tremor, rigidity, slow movement and unstable posture.
These proteins are thought to be a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, and their formation may trigger other changes that lead to the death of brain cells.
The tremors and muscle stiffening of Parkinson's are caused by the death of the brain cells that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine.
All of the diseases, which cause the death of brain cells involved in controlling body movements, have recently been traced to specific genes.
The death of brain cells is what causes symptoms in conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
According to the researchers these findings may represent a more effective way to tell whether or not HD treatments may be slowing down the pace of the death of brain cells.
Even heavy binge drinking and long - term alcohol abuse don't actually result in the death of brain cells.
Parkinson's is a disease caused by the death of brain cells that make a critical chemical called dopamine.
December 14, 2015 Brain cell death is a possible trigger of multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) may be triggered by the death of brain cells that make myelin, the insulation around nerve fibers, according to research on a novel mouse model developed by scientists from the University of Chicago and Northwestern Medicine.
The death of brain cells is what causes the hallmark symptoms of this terrible disease: memory loss, changes in personality, and the inability to carry out daily tasks.
A traumatic brain injury involves the death of brain cells, so it's miraculous that those who suffer from a brain injury can recover at all.