Sentences with phrase «growth of neurons»

Susana Cohen - Cory, Professor of Neurobiology & Behavior and her colleagues point how deficits in what are known as n - 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids cause a molecular change in the developing brain that results in constrained growth of neurons and the synapses that connect them.

Another connects post-traumatic stress disorder to methylation of the gene coding for neurotrophic factor, a protein that regulates the growth of neurons in the brain.

Tissue at the top of the nasal passages contains both olfactory stem cells and «olfactory ensheathing cells», which support and guide the growth of the neurons.

The Duke team used an established cell culture system to determine whether and how the hUTCs might affect the growth of neurons isolated from the retinas of rat eyes.

Rando expects that researchers will now investigate the finding that GDF11 affects the growth of neurons and blood vessels in the brain.

Some experts argue that the different treatments for depression share a common mechanism — prompting the growth of neurons.

So perhaps birds that need to learn to recognise new songs each season, even if theirs stays the same, also rely on the growth of these neurons.

Caption: Scientists have proven that these nanomaterials may regulate the formation of synapses, specialized structures through which the nerve cells communicate, and modulate biological mechanisms, such as the growth of neurons, as part of a self - regulating process.

Scientists have proven that these nanomaterials may regulate the formation of synapses, specialized structures through which the nerve cells communicate, and modulate biological mechanisms, such as the growth of neurons, as part of a self - regulating process.

Fezf2 is necessary to guide the growth of neurons and their connections in the formation of the cerebral cortex.

«I don't think we know enough yet to say that nutrients in themselves support neurogenesis (the growth of neurons) and synaptogenesis (the growth of neural connections),» Greenwood said.