Sentences with phrase «focused on brain tissue»

Although Khaitovich thinks that the Neandertal genes affect the composition of fat throughout the body, the researchers focused on brain tissue first because it contains so many fatty acids — and was available from a brain tissue bank.

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Focusing on the neural pathway from the brain's prefrontal cortex to the amygdala, they combined optogenetics — a technique that uses light to control the activity of neurons in living tissue — with behavioral testing, a methodology that allows researchers to study functional connections between different regions of the brain.

The researchers also focused on the two - way nature of the process: how gut dysfunction may worsen brain inflammation and tissue loss after TBI.

Her research focuses on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), a class of brain diseases that includes «mad cow disease» and that can be transmitted by injecting or ingesting infectious tissue.

Future studies will focus on using these nanobowls to deliver anle138b to the brain, as well as other diseased tissues and organs affected by toxic amyloid - beta ion channels.

Dr. Gradinaru's research interests focus on developing tools and methods for neuroscience (optogenetic actuators and sensors; tissue clearing and imaging) as well as on investigating the mechanisms underlying deep brain stimulation (DBS) and on the long - term effects of DBS on neuronal health, function, and ultimately behavior.

Several on - going drug trials for Alzheimer's disease focus on decreasing beta - amyloid levels in the brain tissue.

This is a very significant discovery, as many on - going drug trials in the field of Alzheimer's disease focus on decreasing beta - amyloid levels in the brain tissue.

In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers looked at how immune cells reached the myelin, focusing on the barrier between brain tissue and the rest of the body.

The study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease focused on a type of brain tissue called white matter, which is composed of millions of bundles of nerve fibers used by neurons to communicate across the brain.

So far, most research has focused on the neurological decline associated with schizophrenia — typically involving a loss of brain tissue.

We isolated a dozen of the BYDV strains (four from Beijing, two from Hebei, three from Shandong, one from Jiangsu and two from Jiangxi, respectively) from the affected duck brain and ovary tissues in total but focused on a single strain (BYDV - byd1) for the following studies, including genomic sequencing.

A year later, a study by McCandliss and Sumit Niogi that focused on brain structure found a connection between reading skills and white matter, the bundles of electricity - conducting tissues that link parts of the brain together, like the fiber - optic cable network to the Internet.