Sentences with phrase «destroys nerve cells»

The latter could be caused by the former, but also by other conditions such as progressive supranuclear palsy (a rare brain disorder that destroys nerve cells) or multiple system atrophy (a degenerative condition originating in parts of the brain).

This consortium of researchers, clinicians, and patients, has «systematically investigated and graded» evidence for over 35 «alternative» treatments for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's disease), a fatal disease that destroys the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement.

Motor neurone disease destroys nerve cells, and kills around 5000 people a year in Britain.

The buildup chokes vital brain areas and destroys nerve cells.

Sounds thought to cause only temporary hearing loss have destroyed nerve cells in the ears of mice.

Now, a team led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that astrocytes, which perform many indispensable functions in the brain, can take on a villainous character, destroying nerve cells and likely driving many neurodegenerative diseases.

In the 1960s, it was discovered that large amounts of MSG fed to infant mice destroyed nerve cells in the brain.

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In this case, modified T cells destroy the myelin sheath surrounding nerve cells.

Test - tube experiments showed that BMAA can kill motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, the very ones destroyed by ALS.

The buildup of twisted tau deposits also destroys surrounding nerve cells and eventually wastes away vast swaths of brain tissue.

It destroys myelin, the protective surface that surrounds some nerve cells.

Nerve cells, for example, form long extensions that are attracted to signals from other cells in order to produce the network that forms the nervous system; similarly, scavenger cells recognise the scent of harmful germs in order that they can pursue and destroy them.

Yet autoimmune cells occasionally slip past this barrier, sometimes with devastating results: In multiple sclerosis (MS), for instance, these cells destroy the nerve fibers» protective sheath, crippling their victims.

Alzheimers, for example, occurs when nerve cells are destroyed and memory formation and recall are consequently lost.

Now we are beginning to see that glial cells «go rogue» and begin — unexplainably — to destroy nerve connections that are healthy, even essential for the brain's function.

At that point it is usually too late to react as nerve cells and brain tissue have been irreparably damaged and destroyed.

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.

This creates an accumulation of inflammatory cells locally and the chronic inflammation destroys the myelin sheath, leading to progressive nerve tissue damage.

Instead of being completely destroyed by your dog's immune system, some of the virus enter cells within the pet's nerve centers (trigeminal & lumbosacral ganglia, etc.) and live there in a state of suspended animation forever.

When these tears or bruises occur, axons (the nerve cells that transmit signals to and from your brain and body) are destroyed.