Sentences with phrase «nerve cell dysfunction»

A better understanding of aberrant brain receptor signaling that leads to nerve cell dysfunction could reveal a target for therapy, according to the authors.

The latter substance, phosphorylated tau, is responsible for neurofibrillary tangles, which are suspected of contributing to the nerve cell dysfunction in the brain that is responsible for Alzheimer's memory symptoms.

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In EAE, as with MS, immune cells attack a nerve cell protein called myelin, causing symptoms ranging from impaired vision to severe motor dysfunction and even death.

Aguirre, J.A.; Kehr, J.; Yoshitake, T.; Liu, F.L.; Rivera, A.; Fernandez - Espinola, S.; Andbjer, B.; Leo, G.; Medhurst, A.D.; Agnati, L.F.; Fuxe, K. Protection but maintained dysfunction of nigral dopaminergic nerve cell bodies and striatal dopaminergic terminals in MPTP - lesioned mice after acute treatment with the mGluR5 antagonist MPEP.

On the surface, the disease appears relatively simple, with high pressure (intra-ocular pressure, or IOP) within the eye associated with the death of cells in the retina and optic nerve dysfunction.

Cognitive dysfunction happens when nerve cells start to die and there is malfunction in nerve communication, similar to Alzheimer's in humans.

Senility is commonly called «cognitive dysfunction» and is related to degenerating brain and nerve cells in aging pets.