Sentences with phrase «nerve cell activity»

The test subject wore a cap with 64 electrodes that can measure nerve cell activity in the brain throughout the experiment.

The treatment bolstered nerve cell activity as well as learning ability in mice recovering from repeated exposure to general anesthesia.

Red signals higher nerve cell activity and blood flow.

Lawrence Katz of the Duke University Medical Center and his colleagues discovered that once signals reach the accessory olfactory bulb they are mapped out into distinct patterns of nerve cell activity that vary according to the traits that enable a mouse to identify desirable mates, such as species and sex.

It is considered an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which means it regulates brain and nerve cell activity by inhibiting the number of neurons firing in the brain.

In a series of experiments published online May 4 in Science, Kim and his Janelia colleagues describe how nerve cell activity in the circle changes when the insects fly.

Migraine specialists are also exploring other treatments, including forehead and eyelid surgery to decompress branches of the trigeminal nerve, as well as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive way of altering nerve cell activity.

In contrast, CX546 increases nerve cell activity and calcium influx into nerve cells by enhancing the activity of proteins called AMPA (α - amino -3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid) receptors.

Upping the activity of neurons in one region of the brain, they found, made flies court like crazy, while stifling nerve cell activity in the same brain zone left males disinterested.

Researchers say that with its combination of active and passive brain states, the mouse's reliance on «whisking» to navigate and interpret its environment makes it an «ideal model» to study nerve cell activity during these changing brain processing modes.

Using a technique that employs light to control nerve cell activity, researchers in Professor Jeff Wickens» Unit inactivated a region of the brain and showed that it caused the rats to behave more flexibly while trying to get a reward.

Ginkgo may directly stimulate nerve cell activity, protecting nerve cells from further injury.

After his doctoral studies, his postdoctoral research at Stanford involved studying the detailed molecular mechanisms by which protein kinases transduce and record nerve cell activity.

Magnesium is important for muscle and nerve cell activity as well as a portion of the mineral structure of bone and teeth.

Adenosine, when bound to receptors of nerve cells, slows down nerve cell activity, this also happens during sleep.