BDNF release from single cells elicits local dendritic growth
in nearby neurons.
These metals can cause beta - amyloid peptides to misfold and bind together in clumps that can promote inflammation and oxidation — a process similar to rusting —
in nearby neurons, eventually killing them.
The electrical activity inside the place cells synced with the electric field
in nearby neurons.
Not exact matches
But when the immune system becomes activated
in response to an illness or injury, glia
in regions associated with pain processing seem to take on another role: They release inflammatory molecules that interact with
nearby neurons to amplify pain signals.
Dr. Vaillancourt's study showed that a greater free water increase
in the substantia nigra was associated with a decrease
in dopamine
neuron activity
in one of these
nearby regions, supporting the idea that free water changes are related to progression of the disease.
Next, the artificial
neuron will be connected over a wireless link to a simulation of a
neuron in a
nearby computer.
Now that the location and identity of the wake - promoting
neurons are precisely defined, the supramammillary region joins other parts of the brain known as being involved
in keeping people awake, such as the
nearby lateral hypothalamus, the upper brain stem and basal forebrain.
Rodent
neurons,
in contrast, limit their connections to
nearby areas.
The researchers also received detailed instructions on how to grapple with a major technical challenge: Electrodes
in patients» brains often detect pulses from two or more
nearby neurons at the same time, which may show up
in the computer as one big signal.
Anatomically, these
neurons have widespread connections to the brain stem, a primitive region that controls waking and sleep; to
nearby basal ganglia involved
in movement; and to the medial frontal lobes, which are involved
in motivation.
In addition, amyloid - β, produced by
nearby neurons, may be an antimicrobial peptide that gets recruited to fight the pathogen; the peptide surrounds and seals off the pathogen (4).
When stimulated, the channels open and sodium rushes
in changing the chemical gradient (middle, below), which
in turn causes
nearby channels to open and so on; if the
neuron reaches a certain threshold of open channels, it fires an electrical impulse.