Sentences with phrase «nerve cell regeneration»

Laser therapy accelerates nerve cell regeneration.

«We had no idea whether we knew a lot or a little about the mechanics of nerve cell regeneration.»

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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.

We look forward to exploring exactly how these neutrophils work in concert with other cells to accomplish nerve regeneration.»

Dendritic cells mediate sensory nerve innervation and regeneration through direct cell - to - cell contact and CNTF secretion.

Yu said the impairment of sensory nerve regeneration in diabetic corneas is due to decreased ciliary neurotrophic factor, as evidenced by the fact that dendritic cells express ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) in normal and healing corneas but decrease in diabetic corneas due to the reduced infiltration of dendritic cells.

After other researchers reported that bone marrow stem cell therapy led to a modest but promising 5 percent improvement in the regeneration of sensory nerve fibers in rats with spinal cord injuries, he performed a critical reality check.

These organelles — the power plants of every cell — play a critical role in peripheral nerve growth regeneration.

Previous research has described at least some of the fundamental processes involved in healthy, on - going peripheral nerve growth regeneration, including the critical role of mitochondria — cellular organelles that produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy - carrying molecule found in all cells that is vital to driving nerve recovery after injury.

«Spinal cord regeneration might actually be helped by glial scar tissue: Research finds that nerve cells regrow better when glial scarring is left intact.»

4 «Mobile Zinc Increases Rapidly in the Retina After Optic Nerve Injury and Regulates Ganglion Cell Survival and Optic Nerve Regeneration,» January 2017, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28049831

The researchers concluded that in the early stages after stroke, improvements in voluntary movement can be attributed to a reduction in brain swelling because of the trauma and other spontaneous repairs, while later improvements result from «neuronal plasticity» — the reorganization or regeneration of nerve cells within the spinal cord in response to changes in the nerve network.

This result, which shows the extent to which the integration between nerve cells and these synthetic structures is stable and efficient, highlights the great potentialities of carbon nanotubes as innovative materials capable of facilitating neuronal regeneration or in order to create a kind of artificial bridge between groups of neurons whose connection has been interrupted.

There's no retinal ganglion cell regeneration or replacement after optic nerve injury.

In particular, we are asking how molecules that are important in eye development both prevent and protect against damage in disease states such as AMD and encourage regeneration of cells and their nerve fibers after injury.

In a proof - of - principle study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, the researchers report that defects in the regeneration of the myelin sheaths surrounding nerves, which are lost in diseases such as multiple sclerosis may be at least partially corrected following exposure of an old animal to the circulatory system of a young animal.

In this study, we will examine whether glial cells and certain proteins secreted from these cells influence axon regeneration and guidance in the optic nerve in adult mice.

Searching the entire genome, a Yale research team has identified a gene that when eliminated can spur regeneration of axons in nerve cells severed by spinal cord injury.

He has also made fundamental contributions to understanding the role of apoE in the nervous system, specifically in nerve injury and regeneration and in the remodeling of neurites on neuronal cells.

The Yale team found more than 580 different genes that may play a role in regeneration of axons in nerve cells, something that rarely occurs in adult mammals but is of vital interest to scientists hoping to repair injuries to the central nervous system.

Dr. Godwin's work explores the molecular signals from nerve and immune cells that underpin the resistance to scarring, and the activation of regeneration in salamanders.

Escalated regeneration in sciatic nerve crush injury by the combined therapy of human amniotic fluid mesenchymal stem cells and fermented soybean extracts, Natto.

Laser therapy helps to alleviate pain and inflammation, reduces swelling, and stimulates nerve regeneration and cells involved in tissue repair.

Stem cells injected into the spinal cord or into the fluid surrounding the spinal cord enhance regeneration of damaged nerves through many pathways.

They also stimulate nerve regeneration and cells that influence tissue repair and healing.

As scientists continue to explore the injury and recovery process of spinal cord injuries, experimental treatments may be available to stop cell death, control swelling and nerve regeneration.