Sentences with phrase «nerve cells in the brain»

It is caused by the progressive loss of nerve cells in the brain.

New research provides an intriguing glimpse into the processes that establish connections between nerve cells in the brain.

A disease which manifests when the dopamine - producing nerve cells in the brain are damaged and thus produce less and less of this important chemical.

Some of these cells lost their star shape and began to form new nerve cells in a brain region responsible for smell.

The males also had fewer nerve cells in their brains and their brains contained a type of immune cell that shouldn't be present there.

Individual nerve cells in the brain are now the latest addition to this list.

Brain inflammation is serious because it means nerve cells in the brain are dying.

One study showed a significant correlation between the death of nerve cells in the brain and chronic inflammation.

As well as being released into the blood, both substances carry messages between nerve cells in the brain.

Miroslav Koubek After winning the Czech league on Monday night (see above for celebrations), the Viktoria Plzen coach dedicated the triumph to Marian Cisovsky, a former Plzen defender who battling ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.

Nerve cells in our brains work together in harmony to store and retrieve short - term memory, and are not solo artists as previously thought, Western - led brain research has determined.

(The antibody can also attack nerve cells in the brain, which would explain Donna's seizures.)

The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is released by nerve cells in the brain when people or mice are under mild stress or concentrating on learning something new.

They also tested other chemicals known to prevent the other two forms of cellular suicide, but only CGP3466B protected mouse nerve cells in the brain from death by cocaine.

Chemotherapy works by killing cancer cells by targeting fast - dividing cells, and in most cases, kills off some healthy cells along the way, including nerve cells in the brain.

Nerve cells in our brains control our circadian rhythms, which influences sleep - wake cycles, hormone release, emotions and energy levels.

Maged Harraz, Ph.D., a research associate and the first author of the newly published research paper, says the researchers already knew that ketamine interacts with excitatory NMDA receptors on nerve cells in the brain to block their activity.

In researches using the more complex animals, it is known that certain nerve cells in the brain integrate information and make a decision when reaching a certain level, which likely occurs also in humans.

Emerging nanoscale implants will play an important role in understanding communication among nerve cells in the brain, while other researchers hope to use the same technology to probe chemical signaling in microbial communities.

One of Freeman's big projects is working with collaborators to study how nerve cells in the brains of mice respond to touch.

It works by stimulating nerve cells in the brain stem, activating the pathways that generate increased levels of serotonin and endorphins.

The cells also underwent tiny zaps of electricity, which allowed researchers to see how the neurons might have communicated with other nerve cells in the brain.

A study published in the October 2012 issue of the «Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology» found that monounsaturated fatty acids helped protect nerve cells in the brain known as astrocytes, which provide support to information - carrying nerves.

Dr. Allan Schore, the UCLA researcher, shows that cortisol (stress hormone) released during intense crying harm nerve cells in the brain.

Nerve cells in the brain make elaborate connections and exchange lightning - quick messages that captivate scientists.

The problems can be traced to loss of nerve cells in the brain areas responsible for those capabilities — such as the basal ganglia, brain stem and cerebral cortex.

The discovery of a new mechanism that controls the way nerve cells in the brain communicate with each other to regulate our learning and long - term memory could have major benefits to understanding how the brain works and what goes wrong in neurodegenerative disorders such as epilepsy and dementia.

Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, might damage muscle - controlling nerve cells in the brain earlier in the disease process than previously known, according to research from the Cedars - Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute.

Froemke says his team's latest findings reveal that while mammals recognize sounds in the auditory cortex of their brains, the signaling levels of nerve cells in this brain region are simultaneously being strengthened or weakened in response to surrounding context.

Nets that stretch across nerve cells in the brain may store long - term memories, scientists proposed this year (SN: 11/14/15, p. 8).

Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that affects around 1 in every 10,000 people and damages nerve cells in the brain.

Grid cells and other specialized nerve cells in the brain, known as «place cells,» comprise the brain's inner GPS, the discovery of which earned British - American and Norwegian scientists this year's Nobel Prize for medicine.

Busy nerve cells in the brain are hungry and beckon oxygen - rich blood to replenish themselves.

Huntington's disease is a relatively rare fatal inherited condition that gradually kills off healthy nerve cells in the brain, leading to loss of language, thinking and reasoning abilities, memory, coordination and movement.

Seizures occur when many nerve cells in the brain fire in synchrony.

The billions of nerve cells in our brains allow us to savor chocolate, whack a baseball, and imagine traveling at the speed of light.

Yvette Fisher is investigating how nerve cells in the brain perform the myriad computations that underlie perception and behavior.

Huntington's disease is a rare inherited disorder involving the progressive loss of particular nerve cells in the brain.

The genetic disease - depicted in the 1992 movie «Lorenzo's Oil» - causes nerve cells in the brain to die, and children with the disease lose the ability to walk or talk and die within a few years.

Parkinson's involves the malfunction and death of vital nerve cells in the brain, called neurons.

It will also study a novel mouse model that lacks the Unkempt gene in developing nerve cells in the brain.

Simply put, neurodegenerative diseases happen when nerve cells in the brain deteriorate and die.

In the 1960s, it was discovered that large amounts of MSG fed to infant mice destroyed nerve cells in the brain.

He gave each person a spinal tap and analyzed the fluid for a protein fragment that forms plaques in the brain and for another protein that accumulates in dead and dying nerve cells in the brain.

While our idea of physical exercise entails the rhythmic contraction and relaxation of muscles, mental exercises require the more efficient firing of various nerve cells in the brain.

Scientists have discovered why a single mutated protein can lead to serious mental retardation in men with a common genetic disorder called fragile - X syndrome: The healthy protein is essential for establishing during childhood the adult pattern of connections between nerve cells in the brain.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.

Researchers from Aarhus University have studied the condition of the dopamine producing nerve cells in the brain and cells that participate in the brain's immune system in people suffering from the sleep disorder Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder, RBD.

Adam Sachs (left) and Julio Martinez - Trujillo (right) have discovered that nerve cells in the brain work together to store and retrieve short - term memory.