Sentences with phrase «death of nerve cells»

This type of inflammation between 18 and 32 weeks of gestation in humans has been linked to preterm birth as well as an imbalance of immune cells in the brain of the offspring and even death of nerve cells in the brains of those children.

It is marked by a progressive decline in physical function, the most iconic being uncontrollable tremors, and involves the malfunction and eventual death of nerve cells located in the brain.

The disease is caused by a genetic mutation that leads to abnormal clumps of protein in the brain, eventually resulting in the atrophy and death of nerve cells.

Accumulation of toxic prions triggers the death of nerve cells and literally leaves holes in the brain, causing a spongiform (or sponge - like) appearance.

In order to be able to treat neurodegenerative disorders in future, researcher Ulrich Hartl, Head of the Department of Cellular Biochemistry at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, and his team have for many years been studying the cellular causes for the death of nerve cells.

Protein aggregates are deemed to be one reason for the death of nerve cells in disorders such as Alzheimer's or Huntington's disease.

Since the most severely affected patients have the longest repeats, researchers assumed that these extra glutamines, which end up in the genes» protein products, somehow led to the death of nerve cells, but nobody knew how.

In Alzheimer's disease proteins clump together to long fibrils causing the death of nerve cells.

Claire Bale, Research Communications Manager at Parkinson's UK, said: «We've known for decades that problems with mitochondria — the batteries of the cell — play a key role in the death of nerve cells in Parkinson's, but the research in this area hasn't yet led to new treatments.

But recent research indicates that smaller, soluble forms of amyloid - beta — rather than the solid plaques — are responsible for the death of nerve cells that leads to cognitive decline.

Though researchers believe that these substances could be used to treat conditions caused by the death of nerve cells, most of the factors previously investigated do little to protect the cells that are lost in Parkinson's and motor neuron disease.

Research into neurodegenerative disease has traditionally concentrated on the death of nerve cell bodies.

Neurodegenerative diseases are incurable and debilitating conditions that result in progressive degeneration and death of nerve cells, which leads to problems with movement or mental functioning.

Schindler said she is specifically interested in research being done on the amyloid protein, which is believed to cause plaques in the brain which lead to the death of nerve cells that cause dementia.

Proteins build up in the brain that causes connections between nerve cells to get damaged and eventually leads to the death of the nerve cells and brain tissue.

One study showed a significant correlation between the death of nerve cells in the brain and chronic inflammation.

Lysosomal storage diseases: a group of progressive multifocal neurologic disorders caused by specific enzyme deficiencies leading to death of nerve cells and accumulation of their respective enzyme substrates in cells.

«The lack of pigment cells causes the death of the nerve cells that need to develop for hearing to occur.»