Sentences with phrase «nerve cell survival»

This energy is needed for nerve cell survival and for synaptic activity that underlies learning and memory.

As with stroke, CNB - 001 was again discovered to maintain the critical signalling pathways needed for nerve cell survival, and also the connections between nerve cells which are lost with the injury.

It was also discovered that it maintains specific cell signalling pathways necessary for nerve cell survival.

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The findings add to a growing body of evidence that protecting or boosting neurotrophins — the molecules that support the survival and function of nerve cells — may slow the progression of Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Nerve cells have a particularly high energy demands, therefore defects in the cell's energy generators will crucially affect their survival.

Nerves also grew across all of the corneas, which is important for cell survival and to maintain the blink response.

Delivering a single injection of a scar - busting gene therapy to the spinal cord of rats following injury promotes the survival of nerve cells and improves hind limb function within weeks, according to a study published April 2 in The Journal of Neuroscience.

When we experimentally increased the expression of the microRNAs in model nerve cells designed to replicate the conditions of HD, the cells lived longer, indicating that these miRNAs may promote cell survival,» explained lead author Richard Myers, PhD, professor of neurology at BUSM.

SMA is caused by a mutation in a gene that is vital for the survival of nerve cells that connect the brain and spinal cord to the muscles, known as motor neurons.

The Italian researcher faced prejudice and adversity as a woman and as a Jew, but went on to elucidate a growth factor essential to the survival of nerve cells

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

Some had also grown between the tubes, together with all the other types of supporting cells that nerves need for survival.

Neurotrophic factors affect the survival and growth of nerve cells.

Dr De Vos said: «Our study provides compelling evidence that the C9orf72 protein is required for the initiation of autophagy, a pathway essential for the survival of nerve cells.

«Insulin promotes the survival of certain nerve cells.

It effects every tissue in your body including the uterus, cervix, and vagina, the endocrine (hormonal) system, brain cells, fat metabolism, thyroid hormone function, water balance, peripheral nerve myelin sheath synthesis, bone cells, energy production and thermogenesis, the immune system, survival and development of the embryo, and growth and development of the fetus.