Sentences with phrase «main types of neurons»

The two main types of neurons can be differentiated, because they produce distinct proteins, either parvalbumin (PV) or somatostatin (SOM).

Previous brain autopsies have shown that patients with TSC, as well as patients with ASD, have reduced numbers of Purkinje cells, the main type of neuron that communicates out of the cerebellum.

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Nobel Prize - winning work back in 1991 showed that, in mammals, each sensory neuron in the main olfactory system expresses one type of G - protein coupled receptor (GPCR), which is specialized to detect a specific type of odor.

«Our main challenge was to find the right timing and concentration of the signaling molecules that would yield V2a interneurons instead of other neuronal cell types, such as motor neurons,» said first author Jessica Butts, a graduate student in the McDevitt lab.

The main issue in canine seizures, as well as any other type of seizure, is that there is an abnormal firing of nerve impulses originating from the neurons of the brain.