Sentences with phrase «mechanical stimulation»

Some pathogens use mechanical stimulation as a trigger to induce their virulence and to acquire the ability to damage host tissue.
These side by side microscopic images reveal the dramatic effect that a novel mechanotherapy has on muscle regeneration over a period of two weeks: no treatment is pictured (left) in contrast to direct mechanical stimulation of the muscle (right).
«This pattern and the fact that TRPV4 has been found to be involved in response to mechanical stimulation made it a logical target to explore.»
They respond to temperature extremes and to intense mechanical stimulation, such as pinching and cutting; they also respond to certain chemical influences.
Development of a skin culture model using a bioreactor with a combination of shear and compressive mechanical stimulation.
Combined electrical and mechanical stimulation enhances cardiac progenitor - based repair strategies following heart attack
He says the first family came from a clinic at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the NIH and operated by one of his co-authors, Hirsh Komarow, M.D. Komarow has a cohort of about 60 patients who get hives from mechanical stimulation (vibrations, cold weather or exercise) as opposed to immunological stimulation (like pollen or cat dander).
The H - reflex depression was not dependent on mechanical stimulation of cutaneous mechanoreceptors but may have been so because of the involvement of deep mechanoreceptors (17,23,34).
Researchers are now able to use induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to form a model of human adult - like cardiac muscle by introducing electric and mechanical stimulation at an early stage.
When sound waves wash over the microvilli, they wiggle and the mechanical stimulation causes the channel to open.
The vibrations (mechanical stimulations) cause contractions in the intestine, which help move stool through the digestive tract.
Many sensory neurons respond only to a single sensory modality, such as mechanical stimulation or temperature.
The graph depicts the average withdrawal thresholds to mechanical stimulation, expressed in grams of pressure.
The degeneration of these nerve endings, which convey sensory information like temperature, pain and mechanical stimulation to the central nervous system, is responsible for the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy.
Some mechanical stimulation of the disks is necessary to «induce nutrient diffusion and to promote matrix synthesis» (2), which means that we need to move the spine forward and back, side to side and twist to keep the disks nourished.
In mesotherapy, mechanical stimulation is used to slightly wound the skin causing it to create new cells.
Your nervous system can respond to mechanical stimulation, so when you're doing, say, the warrior pose and breathing deep, you're rousing your vagus nerve which sends signals to your heart to optimize the spacing between your heart beat or the heart rate variability which is cool.
C fibers are small, unmyelinated, and conduct at a speed of 0.5 to 2 m / sec.1 A fibers are sensitive to thermal or mechanical stimulation, causing a sharp, localized pain, while C fibers can be sensitive to thermal, mechanical, or chemical stimuli, causing a dull, aching pain that is more diffuse.1, 3
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