Sentences with phrase «inflammation of the brain called»

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Compared with postmortem brain tissue taken from healthy people and those with Alzheimer's, tissue from people who had CTE had higher levels of an inflammation protein called CCL11, Mez and other researchers reported in September in PLOS ONE.

A new analysis of existing studies strongly supports the idea that there are increased levels of chemicals, called cytokines, in the body and brain that promote inflammation in individuals who are contemplating or have attempted suicide, even when compared to patients being treated for the same psychiatric disorders who are not suicidal.

These chemicals, called cytokines, drive the inflammation in the brain, attracting more immune cells, and causing the debilitating disease marked by loss of neurological function.

This vaccine uses an inactive herpes virus (stripped of its viral genes) to transport a small amount of Aß as well as another protein called interleukin - 4 that may help prevent brain inflammation.

«I had been living in this... I call it a brown - out because it's like you're walking around in a half - coma all the time with the inflammation of your brain from the Lyme.

A Loyola University Medical Center case study demonstrates that a virus called varicella - zoster can cause inflammation of blood vessels in the brain.

The disease is largely attributed to an abnormal buildup of proteins, which can form amyloid beta plaques and tangles in the brain that trigger inflammation and result in the loss of brain connections called synapses, the effect most strongly associated with cognitive decline.

Previously, Dr. Smeyne and his collaborator Dr. Stacey Schultz - Cherry in the Department of Infectious Disease at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, showed that a deadly H5N1 strain of influenza (so - called Bird Flu) that has a high mortality rate (60 percent of those infected died from the disease) was able to infect nerve cells, travel to the brain, and cause inflammation that, the researchers showed, would later result in Parkinson's - like symptoms in mice.

These problems are caused by a type of white blood cells called T cells that, after becoming activated, find their way into the brain and attack the protective covering — myelin — of neurons in the brain and spinal cord, causing inflammation and damage to the central nervous system.

Sure enough, they showed signs of ageing: more inflammation in the brain, and fewer new brain cells being generated, which happens in a process called neurogenesis.

«Normally, the brain is protected by the so - called blood - brain barrier (BBB), but in the case of infections and inflammation, new research has shown that the brain can be affected on account of a more permeable BBB.»

Background: Neural stem cells can reduce brain and spinal cord inflammation in animal models of MS Macrophages, called «eater» cells of the immune...

Once in your brain, your stem cells are called upon to perform the important task of improving blood flow to tissues, halting destructive inflammation and premature tissue death, while ultimately replacing damaged cells.

When you have chronic inflammation, it can lead to damage of your protective blood - brain barrier and what us functional medicine doctors like to call «leaky brain.»

There's an exciting field of research in health called the cytokine model of cognitive function, a scientific way of saying how inflammation and your body's immune response are linked to brain conditions.

This neuro - inflammation is sometimes called «leaky brain syndrome,» and this inflammatory oxidative stress (OS) in the hypothalamus of the brain is the underlying cause of brain fog.

Neuronal loss in these regions is associated brain cell inflammation and the formation of cross-linked proteins called Lewy bodies in the remaining nerve cells.

«Storing excess fat around the organs increases production of pro-inflammatory chemicals, also called cytokines, which leads to inflammation; at the same time, it interferes with hormones that regulate appetite, weight, mood and brain function.»

Brain fog that is a sensation of cloudiness or fogginess is due to a build up of cytokine inflammation chemicals and another chemical made in brain infections called quinolinic Brain fog that is a sensation of cloudiness or fogginess is due to a build up of cytokine inflammation chemicals and another chemical made in brain infections called quinolinic brain infections called quinolinic acid.

Many people today suffer from a brain that is aging too fast, besieged by inflammation, not getting properly oxygenated, struggling from poor fuel supply, or suffering from poor activity of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters.

Carrots have high levels of a compound called luteolin, which could reduce age - related memory deficits and inflammation in the brain, according to a study published in 2010 in the journal Nutrition.

When there is a lot of inflammation in the body, the protective barrier around the brain, called the blood - brain - barrier (BBB) can become over-permeable, allowing molecules into the brain that shouldn't be there.

These potential benefits include better regulation of inflammation, oxidation, cell signaling, blood sugar levels, blood fat levels, and brain levels of the omega - 3 fatty acid called DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), among its many benefits.