Sentences with phrase «for myelination»

There are many studies suggesting that DHA contributes to brain development and is essential for myelination of nervous tissue.49

A key discovery from her group in recent years was the finding that Contactin - 1 is required for myelination in the central nervous system.

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«Because we found changes in the brain as a consequence of binge eating that were predictive of decreased myelination, therapeutically promoting remyelination may represent a novel treatment avenue for promoting recovery from negative feeding behaviors in eating disorders,» explained corresponding author Camron Bryant, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics & Psychiatry at BUSM.

Buchsbaum theorizes that myelination mishaps lead to «misrouting of messages» in the brain that could account for both the cognitive disarray of schizophrenia and mood swings of bipolar illness.

«These strategies would focus on promoting myelination in the peripheral nervous system for neuropathic disease or inhibiting Schwann cell over-proliferation that occurs during formation of peripheral nerve sheath tumors like neurofibromas.»

Using a new imaging technique, the scientists monitored the formation of insulating layers around nerve cells, a process called myelination, which is vital for normal brain function.

Gage has also developed an in vitro myelination model using iPSCs to be used for screening of pharmacological compounds and to better understand diseases such as schizophrenia and Parkinson's.

Failure of myelin to compensate for larger axonal diameters suggested a lack of plasticity during the processes of myelination and radial axonal growth.

So for all that thyroid hormone does in the body, like promoting brain development (source), myelination (source), cell differentiation (source), and metabolism (source), iodine helps it happen.

Iodine is especially important for fetal brain development and proper myelination of the central nervous system.