As with stroke, CNB - 001 was again discovered to maintain the critical signalling pathways
needed for nerve cell survival, and also the connections between nerve cells which are lost with the injury.
Now scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that a protein called neurexin is required
for these nerve cell connections to form and function correctly.
«We found that these include multiple locations
for nerve cells in the brainstem that innervate the heart with insulated fibres that conduct rapid impulses, causing an instantaneous cardiac response to each air - breath.»
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that steadily erodes the
ability for nerve cells to communicate and this leads to all kinds of neurological symptoms, often slowly progressing to severe cognitive and physical disability.
The many functions of astrocytes include protecting the brain from injury and harmful agents and providing essential
support for nerve cells.
It didn't take a lot of brainpower to come up with the
name for a nerve cell that looks like a bushy, round tangle of fibers perched atop a nucleus.
Alterations in the genetic
coding for a nerve cell receptor, which detects a chemical signal that is key to behavioral change, could point the way to designing therapies most effective for patients suffering from schizophrenia, drug addiction and other mental illnesses.
The researchers performed genomewide classification of neuronal ecRNAs and showed ecRNA species are generated from genes that are
vital for nerve cell responses to stimulation.
These nanomaterials are used both as scaffolds, a supportive
framework for nerve cells, and as means of interfaces releasing those signals that empower nerve cells to communicate with each other.
This reservoir of calcium is
critical for nerve cell transmission, blood pressure maintenance, blood clotting, and muscle contraction (and therefore, your heartbeat).
Although the discovery implicates the virus, it reveals nothing about how it operates or what other factors would be needed
for nerve cells to be destroyed.
Mitochondria provide the energy needed
for nerve cells to function, but when aged or damaged, these organelles can potentially be harmful to the cell.