Sentences with phrase «involving cell movement»

To create equipment for an experiment involving cell movement, Dr. Jonathan Cooper went to an electronics store, an art supply store and a housewares shop.

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The olfactory system comprises six million to 10 million receptor cells (of which there are nearly 400 different types) and links to multiple brain structures and neural pathways, including those involved in memory, emotion and movement.

Lewy bodies are protein deposits that develop in nerve cells in regions of the brain involved in thinking, memory and movement.

All of the diseases, which cause the death of brain cells involved in controlling body movements, have recently been traced to specific genes.

In addition, the two genes are turned on in areas that are part of the cortico - striatal - thalamo - cortical circuit, a loop of brain cells connecting the cortex to specific regions involved in processing emotions and movement.

A critical element of wound healing involves the movement of keratinocytes, the primary cells comprising the epidermis, or the outer layer of skin.

Bones support body structures, protect internal organs, and (in conjunction with muscles) facilitate movement; are also involved with cell formation, calcium metabolism, and mineral storage.

In this study, the scientists used tracheal cells of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to unravel the signalling mechanism involved in the regulation of cell movements.

In a report on the mouse studies, published online Sept. 11 in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), the investigators say the genetic alteration appears to release the biochemical «brakes» on brain cells involved in body movement, reasoning and perception of the world, triggering over-excited activity and reactions.

Studies of cells in the eye that interpret movement may define a mechanism involved in many other neural operations

A study comparing children between 7 and 11 years of age who have moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea to children the same age who slept normally, found significant reductions of gray matter — brain cells involved in movement, memory, emotions, speech, perception, decision making and self - control — in several regions of the brains of children with sleep apnea.

Brain cells in a specific region of the brain secrete dopamine, a chemical involved in addiction, movement and motivation.

Brain cells in a specific region of the brain secrete dopamine, a chemical involved in addiction, movement...

The genes identified by this study may implicate pathways involved in inflammation, movement of proteins within cells, and lipid transport as being important in the disease process.

Microtubules are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities ranging from mitosis and transport events to cell movement and the maintenance of cell shape.

Recently, they have been studying whether a certain protein involved in cell movement acted at the leading edge of the traveling cell, and they had heard about a cutting edge technique that uses flashes of light to tether proteins to other proteins or fixed locations.

Your body adapts by activating more fibers in the muscles involved in a certain movement (meaning your nervous system adapted by firing signals to more muscle cells).

The vaccinated Purdue dogs also developed autoantibodies to laminin, which is involved in many cellular activities including the adhesion, spreading, differentiation, proliferation and movement of cells.