Sentences with phrase «human neurons contain»

«Worms, mice, humans, and even fruit flies show similar effects of intoxication at similar alcohol concentrations,» he says, and human neurons contain a switch similar to that in C. elegans.

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As a result, the cerebellum in apes and humans contains far more neurons than that of a monkey, even when the brain is scaled up to the size it would be in an ape.

The real human brain contains about 100 billion neurons, so scientists are getting close — in raw numbers, at least.

(The human brain contains an estimated 100 billion neurons.)

TRPV1 - containing neurons are abundant in this region in humans, but sparse in mice.

Linda Buck of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Richard Axel of Columbia University, both winners of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, have found that the human nose contains about 1,000 different types of olfactory neurons, each type able to detect a particular set of chemicals.

THE HUMAN brain contains 100 billion neurons, each of which makes a thousand or more connections with other target cells.

The human brain contains roughly 86 billion neurons, making our brains the ultimate collectives.

The human brain is a daunting object: It contains nearly 100 billion neurons, each one linked to roughly 10,000 other neurons, making 100 trillion total connections in the brain.

The human cerebral cortex contains 16 billion neurons, wired together into arcane, layered circuits responsible for everything from our ability to walk and talk to our sense of nostalgia and drive to dream of the future.

In rodents and humans, the developing cortex contains a layer of neural stem cells called radial glial cells that resides near the fluid - filled ventricles and produces cells that are precursors to neurons.

«Our approach allowed us to grow human neurons in a dish that contained the exact same mutation as the neurons in the brain of the patient,» explained first author Helen Fong, PhD, who is also a California Institute for Regenerative Medicine postdoctoral scholar.

Yet how the fly's relatively small brain of 100,000 neurons — by comparison, a human brain contains a million times more neurons — guides the insect's flight is unclear.

The human brain contains as many as 100 billion neurons, most of which make hundreds to thousands of synaptic connections with specific target cells.

According to many estimates, the human brain contains around 100 billion neurons (give or take a few billion).

Abbreviations: Aβ, amyloid β - peptide; AD, Alzheimer's disease; ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Ambra1, activating molecule in Beclin -1-regulated autophagy; AMPK, AMP - activated protein kinase; APP, amyloid precursor protein; AR, androgen receptor; Atg, autophagy - related; AV, autophagic vacuole; Bcl, B - cell lymphoma; BH3, Bcl - 2 homology 3; CaMKKβ, Ca2 + - dependent protein kinase kinase β; CHMP2B, charged multivesicular body protein 2B; CMA, chaperone - mediated autophagy; 2 ′ 5 ′ ddA, 2 ′, 5 ′ - dideoxyadenosine; deptor, DEP - domain containing mTOR - interacting protein; DRPLA, dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy; 4E - BP1, translation initiation factor 4E - binding protein - 1; Epac, exchange protein directly activated by cAMP; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; ERK1 / 2, extracellular - signal - regulated kinase 1/2; ESCRT, endosomal sorting complex required for transport; FAD, familial AD; FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; FIP200, focal adhesion kinase family - interacting protein of 200 kDa; FoxO3, forkhead box O3; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; FTD3, FTD linked to chromosome 3; GAP, GTPase - activating protein; GR, guanidine retinoid; GSK3, glycogen synthase kinase 3; HD, Huntington's disease; hiPSC, human induced pluripotent stem cell; hVps, mammalian vacuolar protein sorting homologue; IKK, inhibitor of nuclear factor κB kinase; IMPase, inositol monophosphatase; IP3R, Ins (1,4,5) P3 receptor; I1R, imidazoline - 1 receptor; JNK1, c - Jun N - terminal kinase 1; LC3, light chain 3; LD, Lafora disease; L - NAME, NG - nitro - L - arginine methyl ester; LRRK2, leucine - rich repeat kinase 2; MIPS, myo - inositol -1-phosphate synthase; mLST8, mammalian lethal with SEC13 protein 8; MND, motor neuron disease; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; mTORC, mTOR complex; MVB, multivesicular body; NAC, N - acetylcysteine; NBR1, neighbour of BRCA1 gene 1; NOS, nitric oxide synthase; p70S6K, ribosomal protein S6 kinase - 1; PD, Parkinson's disease; PDK1, phosphoinositide - dependent kinase 1; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PI3K, phosphoinositide 3 - kinase; PI3KC1a, class Ia PI3K; PI3KC3, class III PI3K; PI3KK, PI3K - related protein kinase; PINK1, PTEN - induced kinase 1; PKA, protein kinase A; PLC, phospholipase C; polyQ, polyglutamine; PS, presenilin; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted from chromosome 10; Rag, Ras - related GTP - binding protein; raptor, regulatory - associated protein of mTOR; Rheb, Ras homologue enriched in brain; rictor, rapamycin - insensitive companion of mTOR; SBMA, spinobulbar muscular atrophy; SCA, spinocerebellar ataxia; SLC, solute carrier; SMER, small - molecule enhancer of rapamycin; SMIR, small - molecule inhibitor of rapamycin; SNARE, N - ethylmaleimide - sensitive factor - attachment protein receptor; SOD1, copper / zinc superoxide dismutase 1; TFEB, transcription factor EB; TOR, target of rapamycin; TSC, tuberous sclerosis complex; ULK1, UNC -51-like kinase 1; UVRAG, UV irradiation resistance - associated gene; VAMP, vesicle - associated membrane protein; v - ATPase, vacuolar H + - ATPase; Vps, vacuolar protein sorting

In their study, published alongside Deng's in Cell Stem Cell, the researchers converted human fibroblasts to neurons using a combination of seven molecules applied to the cells for one week, followed by a three - week maturation period in a medium containing two of the reprogramming molecules and one other molecule.

In samples from the brains of humans, cats, and monkeys, she saw patches containing high concentrations of opioid receptor - bearing neurons, surrounded by a dense matrix of nerve fibers rich in acetyl cholinesterase.

In terms of brain simulation, the challenges are even bigger: The world's fourth most powerful supercomputer took 40 minutes to model one second of brain activity in a simulated network containing 1.73 billion neurons and over a trillion synapses, yet this represents just one per cent of neuronal networks in the human brain.

The average human brain contains 100 billion neurons, the cells that make up its gray matter.