Sentences with phrase «layer around the brain»

For the first time, scientists have temporarily disrupted the blood - brain barrier — the protective layer around the brain — to deliver chemotherapy to a brain tumour.

Not exact matches

(I saw one of these models — a brain with a cancerous lesion snaked precariously around a cranial nerve — being printed, cell layer by cell layer.)

Of those people, 562 had an MRI brain scan around age 73 to measure overall brain volume, gray matter volume and thickness of the cortex, which is the outer layer of the brain.

Similar to the human brain, the fly brain, which is about the size of a grain of sand, is encased in the hard shell of its exoskeleton and cushioned by a layer of fluid that allows the brain to slosh around on impact.

Using a new imaging technique, the scientists monitored the formation of insulating layers around nerve cells, a process called myelination, which is vital for normal brain function.

Of those people, 562 had an MRI brain scan around age 73 to measure overall brain volume, gray - matter volume and thickness of the cortex, which is the outer layer of the brain.

With NYFW right around the corner, my brain is thinking in terms of layered colors / fabrics / patterns, essentially NYFW street style.