Sentences with phrase «human brains and the nervous systems»

The Duke researchers who made this discovery say it may help explain how a relatively small number of genes can create the dazzling array of different cell types found in human brains and the nervous systems in other animals.

(Chlorella, January 19th, 2012) Because it is believed that a powerful phytochemical found in chlorella can even rebuild nerve damage in human brain and nervous system chlorella is being often used in the recovery of patients with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.

Using neural networks — computer systems modeled on the human brain and nervous system — researchers were able to correct for for mistyped letters, misspellings, character insertions, and deletions.

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When it comes to medical treatment, the brain and central nervous system remain the darkest, most forbidding frontiers in the human body — and yet our knowledge of how the brain and mind actually work seems to be growing by leaps each year.

With the evolution of life, at a certain stage, came the development of animals with a nervous system, and eventually human beings with a large brain.

We have learned how physical damage to the brain impairs the functioning of various parts of the body to which the nervous system connects it, and severe brain damage of a congenital nature can prevent the development of anything like a genuinely human personality altogether.

It needs to be stated first that human beings are highly complex psycho - physical organisms with literally thousands of energy events interacting with each other and with and under the dominance of an «organizing center of experience» (the brain), also present in animals with central nervous systems.

It can be inferred with some probability that the human mind, at any given moment, is not drastically different in size and shape from the pattern of activity in the nervous system with which at that moment it interacts, and as this activity moves about somewhat it follows that the mind literally moves in brain and nerves, though in ways unimaginably various and intricate.

A highly developed nervous system and a capacious brain appear to be indispensable for the emergence of anything like human mind.

It can be inferred with some probability that the human mind, at any given moment, is not drastically different In size and shape from the pattern of activity in the nervous system with which at that moment it interacts, and as this activity moves about somewhat it follows that the mind literally moves in brain and nerves, though in ways unimaginably various and intricate.15

Adding to this, they are anti-embryonic stem cell research, because they believe a zygote (pre-cerebreal cortex, nervous system and brain) is a human being.

Since Hartshorne begins with human experience, the first cosmological question that arises for him does not have to do with atoms and molecules but with the relation of human experience to the body, especially to the central nervous system and the brain.

Implicit in my assertion that computers will eventually be capable of the same kind of perception, cognition and thought as humans is the idea that a sufciently advanced and sophisticated articial system — for example, an electronic one — can be made and programmed to do the same thing as the human nervous system, including the brain.

Researchers are not sure what is causing the peculiar behaviors but Munday suspects that elevated CO2 levels interfere with a neurotransmitter called GABA, which plays a key role in modulating activity in the brain and nervous system of virtually all animals, including humans.

All humans are born with similar brains and nervous systems, but these are flexible.

Her research group specializes in bidirectional electronic interfaces with human body, specifically in the brain and peripheral nervous system.

While biomedical researchers have had some successes in repairing peripheral nerves and nerve clusters outside the brain and spinal cord in humans, there currently is no effective way to regenerate broken nerve cells in the central nervous system, said Xue.

With the Human Brain Project, researchers will use supercomputers to reproduce how brains form — basically, growing them in an virtual vat — then seeing how they respond to input signals from simulated senses and nervous system.

The device, part of the Lab's iCHIP (in - vitro Chip - Based Human Investigational Platform) project, simulates the central nervous system by recording neural activity from multiple brain cell types deposited and grown onto microelectrode arrays.

The retina sits at the back of the human eye, and contains protein cells that convert light into electrical signals that travel through the nervous system, triggering a response from the brain, ultimately building a picture of the scene being viewed.

Specifically, stem cell scientists at McMaster can now directly convert adult human blood cells to both central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) neurons as well as neurons in the peripheral nervous system (rest of the body) that are responsible for pain, temperature and itch perception.

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, also known as prion diseases) are a group of progressive conditions that affect the brain and nervous system of humans and animals and are transmitted by prions.

Ultimately, the enhanced understanding of central nervous system organization that has derived from the research of these three scientists may lead to new and more effective ways to repair diseased or damaged circuits embedded in the human brain and spinal cord.

The brain and nervous system are some of the most complex tissues in the human body.

by Paroma Basu Scientists grow critical nerve cells MADISON, WI — January 31, 2005 — After years of trial and error, scientists have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that relay messages from the brain to the rest of the body.

The BRAIN Initiative has laid critical groundwork for a Human Cell Atlas by funding transformative initiatives that have developed next - generation technologies to explore the brain and nervous syBRAIN Initiative has laid critical groundwork for a Human Cell Atlas by funding transformative initiatives that have developed next - generation technologies to explore the brain and nervous sybrain and nervous system.

They encourage research aimed at translating laboratory discoveries about the brain and nervous system into diagnoses and therapies to improve human health.

This perspective in psychology has allowed researchers to gain a greater understanding of how the brain and nervous system influence human behavior.

Sensorimotor neural engineering uses both traditional and newly - invented engineering techniques to repair or augment the human nervous system through tools like BCIs --- devices that establish communication pathways between the brain and other external activities, such as control of a cursor or a prosthetic limb.

Human TH17 lymphocytes promote blood — brain barrier disruption and central nervous system inflammation.

He's one of the world's leading researchers in neurobiology, which looks at the brain and nervous system of animals and humans in terms of its anatomy and physiology (i.e., its cells and tissues, and the way they function and are organized).

Memory & Cognitive Disorder Awards encourage research aimed at translating laboratory discoveries about the brain and nervous system into diagnoses and therapies to improve human health.

Besides the obvious size difference — the human brain is about three times larger than the chimp brain — little has been known about how the human brain and the rest of the nervous system changed in our lineage over evolutionary time.

But, rather than studying the entire nervous system of a single model organism, Professor Graybiel has studied one brain region — a portion of the basal ganglia known as the striatum — in mice, rats, cats, monkeys, and humans using a whole range of technologies from microscopy through electrophysiological recordings to genetics.

BETHESDA, MD — Infection with Zika virus disrupts fetal brain development by interfering with the proliferation of human neural progenitor cells (hNPCs), a type of cell that drives neurodevelopment and proliferates into brain and nervous system cells, according to research presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2016 Annual Meeting in Vancouver,human neural progenitor cells (hNPCs), a type of cell that drives neurodevelopment and proliferates into brain and nervous system cells, according to research presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2016 Annual Meeting in Vancouver,Human Genetics (ASHG) 2016 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C.

Iron also competes with zinc for absorption and the human infant needs a plentiful supply of zinc for the development of his brain and nervous system.

Sally Fallon Morell replies: We add lactose because raw milk contains lactose and human milk is higher in lactose than animal milk — lactose is important for development of the brain and nervous system.

Please do not believe those who promote drinking coffee to prevent AD (even if there is some truth in it) because caffeine in coffee and other products is a poison and leads to many dangerous effects on human organism including brain and nervous system:

There is substantial evidence that chronic, low - level exposure to organophosphates (the most common class of pesticide) may affect brain functioning and neurological development in humans.33, 34 This evidence indicates a strong likelihood that low - level chronic exposure adversely affects children's nervous systems.

In indigenous Australians and Papua New Guineans, mingling with the Denisovans (the «other Neanderthal,» an ancestral human living primarily in Asia) introduced genes related to «spermatogenesis, fertilization, cold acclimation, circadian rhythm, development of brain, neural tube, face, and olfactory pit, immunity,» as well as «female pregnancy, development of face, lung, heart, skin, nervous system, and male gonad, visual and smell perception, response to heat, pain, hypoxia, and UV, lipid transport, metabolism, blood coagulation, wound healing, aging.»

CNS The human central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.

Classes vary in theme from day to day and week to week that focus on aiding and overcoming just about everything that we experience as human beings: from lifting away bouts of depression to cleansing the liver, balancing the brain hemispheres to strengthening the nervous system!

The rabies virus attacks the brain and central nervous system and is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected animal.

Avocadoes are most often praised for their high levels of healthy fats, which are beneficial to brain, skin, and nervous system health in humans.

Rabies is a disease caused by a virus that can affect the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) of any kind of mammal, including humans.

Like human babies, puppies benefit from fatty acids to develop their brains and immune systems, so ensuring they get proper amounts of DHA when they're young will allow their nervous system to develop well.

Just as in humans, following a bite by an infected mosquito, the West Nile virus multiplies in the horse's blood system, and crosses into the brain, where it infects the brain, causing inflammation and interference with the central nervous system.

Unlike with human beings who can tolerate heatstroke for a reasonable time, dogs suffering from heatstroke only have minutes before they sustain serious damage to their brain, liver, heart and nervous system.

Human bodies have a central nervous system (CNS) connecting the brain and spinal cord where sensory and motor impulses are transmitted - this is the physiological basis of our experience of the world.

«Lead is a toxin to the human body and especially harmful to children due to their developing brain and nervous system,» says Mayo Clinic Children's Center pediatrician Marcie Billings.