Sentences with phrase «immune system activation»

Vitamin D is essential for calcium absorption and bone health, and plays a crucial role in healthy immune system activation.

McLean Hospital neuroscientists have found that even a brief episode of immune system activation within days of birth can cause persistent changes in sleep patterns concurrent with increases in epilepsy - like brain activity — a combination of symptoms common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental conditions.

Collectively, these findings demonstrate that even a brief period of immune system activation during critical periods of early development can leave a long - term signature upon the brain.

McLean Hospital neuroscientists have found that even a brief episode of immune system activation within days of birth can cause persistent changes in sleep patterns concurrent with increases in epilepsy - like brain activity — a combination of symptoms...

To investigate the effect of various parenting styles on kids» health, researchers at the University of Oregon examined saliva samples of 102 children who had an average age of 9 to look for levels of C - reactive protein, which measures general inflammation in the body, and secretory immunoglobulin A, which measures immune system activation.

They found that one particular style of parenting that ranks high on the poor parenting monitoring scale, which is sometimes referred to as «uninvolved parenting» (not knowing where kids are or what they're doing; not disciplining; not showing warmth or being involved in kids» lives) was associated with higher immune system activation.

«Protein that triggers lupus - associated immune system activation discovered.»

To determine whether early postnatal immune system activation can produce these types of effects, McLean researchers treated mice with a lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a chemical that simulates a bacterial infection and causes a temporary (1 - 3 day) activation of the immune system.

Carlezon, who is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and his team discovered that temporary immune system activation shortly after birth produced two main findings in the adult mice.

The trauma and damage associated with football participation may also be linked to elevations in blood pressure through immune system activation and inflammation.

Data reveal that peripheral immune system activation exacerbates inflammatory responses in the brain, and may incur or increase neurodegenerative processes.»

(1) A positive efffect (+) on level of methylation of TNF, and (2) a negative effect -LRB----RRB- on activation of monocytes reflecting greater innate immune system activation, with each associated in turn with young adult health.

McLean Hospital neuroscientists have found that immune system activation during pregnancy and right at birth can cause alterations in the brain's neural circuits during young adulthood that are consistent with behavioral symptoms common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental conditions.

The authors indicate the capacity of flies to act as vectors for the transmission of damaging microorganisms as a cause of immune system activation.

Free radicals can trigger inflammation and immune system activation in the entire body, causing us to feel ill and fatigued.

«When there are pathogens, immune system activation is good,» says Dr. Allen.

«Previous studies have helped demonstrate the types of things that can happen behaviorally as a result of immune system activation,» added Bill Carlezon, PhD, chief of the Division of Basic Neuroscience at McLean Hospital, and co-senior author of the paper.

Most importantly, the doxorubicin - decorated diamonds had no effect on white blood cell count, an indicator of immune system activation that's often the deciding factor in whether a patient can continue chemotherapy.

The immediate goal, she says, is not just to decipher the mechanics of immune system activation, but to stratify TB proteins based on the strength of the immune response each generates.

«The fact that immune system activation can produce these effects on its own, without any type of accompanying injury or trauma, provides new insight on the many paths that can lead to abnormal brain function» said Carlezon.

«A growing body of evidence suggests that immune system activation, such as that caused by bacterial and viral infections, can play important roles in many brain disorders,» explained William Carlezon, PhD, chief of the Division of Basic Neuroscience at McLean Hospital, and senior author of the paper.

The infection rapidly turned on a wide range of genes involved in immune system activation and cell death, they conclude, bolstering the hypothesis that the greatest harm may not have been done by the virus itself, but by an over-reactive immune system.

Therefore, it was suggested that immune system activation and inflammation arising from musculoskeletal trauma also contribute to this response.

Since your gut lining is weak, whole food particles pass through undigested leading to an immune system activation which causes your blood sugar to spike then drop.

The result of an imbalance in cortisol, otherwise termed Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) Axis dysregulation is weight gain, fatigue and brain fog, inflammation and immune system activation, digestive issues, restlessness, impaired sleep, decreased cognitive function, and mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression.

Toxic overload can contribute to fatigue by increasing inflammation and immune system activation, as well as impairing energy production pathways, and disrupting hormonal function.