Sentences with phrase «inhibitory signaling in the brain»

This decreased reward response to alcohol arose via two mechanisms: an initial activation of stress hormone receptors and a subsequent increase in inhibitory signaling in the brain.

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«Normally, only pain receptors are involved in sending pain signals to the brain, but when the spinal dynorphin inhibitory neurons are lost, touch sensation are now perceived as painful,» says Goulding, holder of Salk's Frederick W. and Joanna J. Mitchell Chair.

Cells in this brain region have been shown to send inhibitory signals to cells in the sensory cortex.

In the brain, interneurons are usually inhibitory: when they receive a signal, they make the next neuron down the line less likely to continue the transmission.

The model also activates markers for cells that have the classic excitatory and inhibitory functions in the brain, and that enable chemical signals to travel throughout the structure.

Most of his work focuses on the pharmacologic manipulation of mammalian brain circuits which use the most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system gamma - aminobutyric acid (GABA) as their chief signaling molecule.

SCN1A helps control electrical signals in inhibitory brain cells, and it is highly expressed in the thalamus.

helps control electrical signals in inhibitory brain cells, and it is highly expressed in the thalamus.

The excitatory and inhibitory signals from all six semicircular canals are combined in the brain to generate reflexive movements that help to stabilize the eyes and head when the body is in motion [2].

Gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory chemical signal in the brain.