Sentences with phrase «mice decreased their ability»

Distracting the mice decreased their ability to collect the food reward to 70 percent from nearly 90 percent, even if the distracting stimulus was removed later.

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When the sodium benzoate entered the mice's brains, it increased CREB, decreased GABRA5, and stimulated the plasticity (ability to change) of hippocampal neurons.

By using molecular genetic tools to reduce the amount of PC in human lung cancer cells, the team observed decreased cell growth, a compromised ability to form colonies in soft agar (a gelatinous material specifically used to grow bacteria and other cells), and a reduced rate of tumor growth in mice.

Now, a study led by Brown University researchers has identified an enzyme that appears the regulate the physiology of both fat types in mice — decreasing inflammation in white fat tissue, while promoting the ability of brown fat to burn calories.

The S Typhimurium yfgA mutant lost the characteristic Salmonella rod - shaped appearance, exhibited increased sensitivity to osmotic and detergent stress, lacked very long lipopolysaccharide, was unable to invade enterocytes, and demonstrated decreased ability to infect mice.

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.

Exposure to linalool, a terpene found in flowers and spice plants, decreased inflammatory damage in the lungs of smoke - exposed mice.12 Linalool is found in lavender and basil, and in keeping with terpenes ability to defend against plant prey, is used by exterminators as an insecticide.

Recent studies in mice have shown that when comparing radiation therapy with a reduction in calories in the form of carbohydrates, the radiation works much more effectively to kill cancer cells, decrease cancer growth, and inhibit its ability to spread.11