Sentences with phrase «how connections between brain cells»

A team of researchers led by UNSW Australia scientists has discovered how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease — work that opens up a new avenue for research on possible treatments for the degenerative brain condition.
«Synapse discovery could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's disease: Scientists have discovered how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.»
And the images he's creating are part of an ambitious attempt to understand how the connections between those brain cells give rise to the mind.

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And that could influence the progression of Alzheimer's, he adds, by influencing how brain cells react to the loss of connections between neurons that accompanies the disease.
Their discoveries showed how neuronal activity, generated either by experience or by intrinsic brain function, actively sculpts structural and functional connections between nerve cells.
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