Sentences with phrase «nerve cell debris»

Zigmond asked his graduate student, PhD candidate Jane Lindborg, to look for clearance of nerve cell debris in these mice.

The mystery Lindborg had to solve was how nerve cell debris is cleared in these mutant animals,» Zigmond said.

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Without neutrophils, nerve cells could not properly clear debris.

Immune cells are normally associated with fighting infection but in a new study, scientists have discovered how they also help the nervous system clear debris, clearing the way for nerve regeneration after injury.

Previous studies have pointed to immune cells called macrophages as the primary immune cell responsible for engulfing and breaking down nerve debris.

In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine showed certain immune cells — neutrophils — can clean up nerve debris, while previous models have attributed nerve cell damage control to other cells entirely.

«We came up with a list of potential cellular candidates that could be compensating for the loss of these specific macrophages and used several different tests to determine which cells were clearing away the nerve debris after injury,» Lindborg said.

The gene in question, apolipoprotein E (apoE), codes for a protein in the brain's astrocyte cells that seems to help spur nerve cell growth and clear up debris from neuronal injuries brought by head trauma, stroke, or cerebral hemorrhage.

The study showed that a peripheral nerve injury in rats sends a message from damaged nerve cells to spinal cord immune cells known as glial cells, which normally act as «housekeepers» to clear out unwanted debris and microorganisms.

The onset and progression of disease in inherited ALS is determined by the motor neurons and microglia, small immune cells in the spinal cord, which migrate through nerve tissue and remove damaged cells and debris.