Sentences with phrase «key for nerve»

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A fatty outer coating for our trillions of nerve fibres, myelin is thought by some to be the key to our ability to develop complex skills like language.

In 1999 van Praag showed that more new nerves formed in the hippocampus — one of the key centers in the brain for memory and learning — in physically active mice than in inactive ones.

A second key gene, SLC39SA13, codes for a zinc transporter that helps nerve cells to «decide» whether or not nerve impulses are amplified of dampened.

GABA has been known for decades to be a key neurotransmitter in the brain, a chemical that nerve cells use to communicate with each other, but its role in the pancreas was unknown until the 2011 paper by Drs. Prud «homme and Wang.

Claire Bale, Research Communications Manager at Parkinson's UK, said: «We've known for decades that problems with mitochondria — the batteries of the cell — play a key role in the death of nerve cells in Parkinson's, but the research in this area hasn't yet led to new treatments.

Alterations in the genetic coding for a nerve cell receptor, which detects a chemical signal that is key to behavioral change, could point the way to designing therapies most effective for patients suffering from schizophrenia, drug addiction and other mental illnesses.

Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have found that the protein hinders a key step involved in the transmission of neuronal signals, which is essential for higher - brain functioning: vesicle endocytosis at the nerve terminal.

These filaments play a key role in the growth of the nerve fiber by providing a structural framework and the propulsive force for its elongation.

Researchers looking for ways to regenerate nerves can have a hard time obtaining key tools of their trade.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have defined for the first time a key underlying process implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS)-- a disease that causes progressive and irreversible damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

But magnesium is incredibly important for many of the body's functions — it plays a key role in your immune system, nerves, and muscles, and helps keep your heart and bones strong.

This can result in major damage to cells and could be a key prerequisite for Parkinson's disease's characteristic nerve damage.

As the key mineral in the vitamin B12 molecule, it is essential for proper nerve function and red blood cell formation.

Zinc plays a key role in nerve impulse transmission, a process essential for cognitive function.

Studies show that nitric oxide signaling and the blood flow increases it stimulates play a central role in nerve cell maintenance, growth and repair.,, Most pertinent to anyone looking to enhance their aptitude for learning, nitric oxide - induced blood flow also makes forming new memories physically possible as it plays a key role in what neurologists call long - term potentiation, a process required for assembling and reinforcing new synaptic connections throughout the entire cerebral cortex, striatum, and hippocampus.

Acetyl - L - Carnitine also promotes biosynthesis of acetylcholine, a key neurotransmitter for brain and nerve function.

It is also being actively studied for a compound it contains called «chalcones» which stimulate Nerve Growth Hormone, a key leader in the science of longevity!

As with anything, adequate preparation is key for not only calming your nerves, but also ensuring that you knock the interview out of the park.

Keitel's key role in the secret rearmament of the Reichswehr to theapocalyptic plans for massive use of nerve gas during the last weeks of the war arepresented as stages in a military career caught under the spell of the dictator.

We were delighted to receive dozens of proposals for presentations, and we were able to programme some top quality practitioner - led professional development sessions, covering every key stage and topics including teaching pupils with dyslexia, building community networks and helping students to deal with performance nerves.

There is just so much to see and do and none of it ever wears on your nerves save for a few key areas.

Leiris shared Bacon's feel for nerve - end acuity in art, as his great autobiography Manhood attests, and with Bacon's sanction, wrote the essay for Poligrafa's landmark monograph of 1987, which also included a selection of 240 key paintings made by Bacon himself.

The spinal cord is one of the key parts of the body responsible for mobility and proper nerve and motor function, and damage to this area can have disastrous consequences which last for the duration of a person's life.

Interviewing for a job can be nerve - wracking, so you need to prepare ahead of time — and that includes practicing how you'll answer key questions.