Sentences with phrase «destroys brain neurons»

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That is because Abeta42 is a relatively insoluble material, and although it is made everywhere in the body, deposits of it occur only in the brain, causing neuroinflammation, which destroys neurons in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.

The protein is thought to destroy the neurons in the brain that make dopamine, a neurotransmitter that helps regulate a number of functions, including movement and coordination.

The recessively inherited disease inexorably destroys the motor neurons of the spinal cord and brain stem, hobbling muscle movement, including breathing.

The only consistent effect he could find was that the animals» overall capacity for memory fell in proportion to the number of neurons destroyed: The more brain cells lost, the more memories — all memories — weakened.

The stutters produce long stretches of the amino acid glutamine in the huntingtin protein, and the resulting misshapen protein clumps up within neurons, destroying brain cells.

It is famous for robbing Lou Gehrig of his life and Stephen Hawking of his mobility and voice, but just how amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) destroys motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord remains a mystery.

Myelin, the fatty coating that protects neurons in the brain and spinal cord, is destroyed in diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

With 100 billion neurons linked via a quadrillion connections, the brain has always been considered too delicate — and too important — to be subjected to the destructive power of a molecular search - and - destroy team.

In addition, other teams at the O'Donnell Brain Institute are designing tests for the early detection of patients who will develop dementia, and seeking methods to slow or stop the spread of toxic proteins associated with the disease such as beta - amyloid and tau, which are blamed for destroying certain groups of neurons in the bBrain Institute are designing tests for the early detection of patients who will develop dementia, and seeking methods to slow or stop the spread of toxic proteins associated with the disease such as beta - amyloid and tau, which are blamed for destroying certain groups of neurons in the brainbrain.

He's looking at a class of brain cells that, when coaxed, destroy neurons, thinking they might be a possible drug target.

As its name implies, FTD is a fatal disease that destroys cells, or neurons, that comprise the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain — as opposed to Alzheimer's which mainly affects brain's memory centers in the hippocampus.

Bethesda, MD (Scicasts)- Scientists at the University of Florida have discovered a new method of observing the brain changes caused by Parkinson's disease, which destroys neurons important for movement.

For this study, they destroyed cells in the hippocampus, an area of the brain vital to memory formation and where neurons often die.

The nerve degeneration occurs in a part of the mid brain called the substantia nigra, and the destroyed neurons are no longer able to produce the dopamine needed to control movement.

Excitotoxins are chemicals that stimulate neurons in the brain to the point where they are destroyed; this is not a good thing!

Studies have shown that it increases neuron plasticity — the ability of brain nerve cells to take over some of the activities of brain cells destroyed or damaged by stroke.