Sentences with phrase «made by the nerve cells»

They hooked a potential receptor, serotonin 3, to green fluorescent protein and showed that the nerve terminals in the mouse tongue have serotonin 3 receptors, and these receptors are made by the nerve cells located in the geniculate ganglion.

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Blood from people affected by the 2014 Zika outbreak in French Polynesia provides the first evidence that the virus can make the immune system attack nerve cells

A single genetic mutation made the Zika virus far more dangerous by enhancing its ability to kill nerve cells in developing brains, a new study suggests.

«Everybody else hopes that you can make use of that [nerve cell production] to treat neurodegenerative diseases,» such as Parkinson's disease, or even to encourage the aging brain to regenerate by stimulating the production of new nerve cells, he says.

Researches on decision - making from neurobiological aspect have been performed by using monkeys and rodents, although the details of the mechanisms have been unclear because their brain consists of more than hundreds of millions of nerve cells.

The researchers, led by University of California, San Diego neuroscientist Mark Tuszynski, took skin cells from the patients, grew them up in a culture dish and genetically engineered them to make human nerve growth factor (NGF).

There are two categories of CMT: those caused by the loss of axons in the peripheral nerves (CMT2) and those characterized by a malfunction in the Schwann cells that make up the myelin sheath, the protective coating that surrounds the nerve fibers and allows them to conduct nerve signals at high speeds (CMT1).

Led by first author Teniel Ramikie, a graduate student in Patel's lab, the researchers also showed for the first time how nerve cells in this part of the brain make and release their own natural «endocannabinoids.»

Animals learned to move their eyeballs once every second, a completely internal timing feat made possible by the rhythmic behavior of small groups of nerve cells, researchers propose online October 30 in PLOS Biology.

This damages nerve cells by blocking their ability to make the proteins needed for synaptic function and leads to the death of neurons in the brain and spinal cord.

December 14, 2015 Brain cell death is a possible trigger of multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) may be triggered by the death of brain cells that make myelin, the insulation around nerve fibers, according to research on a novel mouse model developed by scientists from the University of Chicago and Northwestern Medicine.

«This technology should allow us to very rapidly model neurodegenerative diseases in a dish by making nerve cells from individual patients in just a matter of days — rather than the months required previously,» said Dr. Lipton.

Fats play a vital role in maintaining cell membranes across multiple body systems, by making up the coating around nerve cells, ensuring adequate cholesterol - based hormone production, maintaining a normal skin barrier, and aiding brain health.

SSRIs are thought to reduce depressive symptoms by increasing levels of serotonin, more specifically, making sure that serotonin stays between the neurons and is not reabsorbed to quickly by the nerve cell.