Sentences with phrase «nerve cells of the brain»

«Exposure to different sounds and scenes is essentially what helps establish connections from one set of neurons — the nerve cells of the brain — to another.

Not exact matches

(I saw one of these models — a brain with a cancerous lesion snaked precariously around a cranial nerve — being printed, cell layer by cell layer.)

For one, it would give them three specific biological markers to hone in on: The buildup of beta amyloid and tau proteins, which cause brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's, and brain nerve cell death.

Unlike some of the promising treatments that have failed in 2017 that deal with the so - called «amyloid hypothesis» (the treatments target amyloid beta deposits in the brain that accumulate in people with Alzheimer's disease), approaches that try to prevent nerve cells from dying wouldn't have any impact on that buildup.

Specifically, it appears that exercise stimulates neurons (nerve cells) to grow in the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for memory.

Thus, at the lowest level, electrons tend to unite and converge in the atom; atoms converge by molecularization, crystallization; molecules unite by polymerization; cells unite by conjugation, reproduction, association; nerve ganglions concentrate and localize to form a brain by what might be called a process of cephalization; the higher animal groups form colonies, hives, herds, societies, etc.; man socializes and forms civilizations as foci of attraction and organization.

Lately I've begun to thank God for it, this chemical that — if scientists are right, and they aren't even sure — inhibits my overly efficient reuptake of another chemical (serotonin) that somehow facilitates communication between nerve cells in my brain.

«Garcia - Falgueras and Swaab state in the abstract of their 2010 study, «The fetal brain develops during the intrauterine period in the male direction through a direct action of testosterone on the developing nerve cells, or in the female direction through the absence of this hormone surge.

Their brain is divided in regions with different coordinated functions, and it is composed of several hundred thousands of nerve cells (the honey bee has about 800,000).

Only a special systemic order of atoms in certain molecules of different types of brain cells, steady activity of these cells and excitations coming from sensoric nerves and running to associative and motoric centers are the basis of the peculiarity of brain function.

These nerve impulses activate selected cells in this part of the brain.

«Garcia - Falgueras and Swaab state in the abstract of their 2010 study, «The fe - tal brain develops during the intraut - erine period in the male direction through a direct action of tes - tosterone on the developing nerve cells, or in the female direction through the absence of this hor - mone surge.

The late Harold G. Wolff, one of our most distinguished neurologists, pointed out that the function of nerve cells was not confined to the function of the brain.

Did it started off as a mass of white ball, then it slowly started developing nerves, retina, a cornea, and essentially a complex apparatus for capturing light and transmitting it via nerve cells to the brain?

If we could but restore or bring about the normal functioning of brain cells and nerve tissues, as well as their own subsidiary chemical activity in such cases, then mental life would come flooding back in fullness and richness.

So at day 14, the number of nerve and brain cells in the human embryo is zero, and it has less complexity than the simplest microscopic worm and less feeling or intelligence than a parasite in dirty drinking water.

Eicosonoids from Omega - 3's are hormone - like compounds that help regulate blood pressure, blood clotting, aid in growth and development of cells, needed for vision and brain development, and maturation of nerves.

It is considered an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which means it regulates brain and nerve cell activity by inhibiting the number of neurons firing in the brain.

The consumed caffeine caused dopamine, a carrier of messages between nerve cells in the brain, to flood the brain's pleasure center resulting in decreased pain sensitivity, a huge benefit for chronic pain suffers.

Incredible Brain Development At birth a baby's brain contains 100 billion nerve cells (or neurons), all she will ever have, but not the programming of those cBrain Development At birth a baby's brain contains 100 billion nerve cells (or neurons), all she will ever have, but not the programming of those cbrain contains 100 billion nerve cells (or neurons), all she will ever have, but not the programming of those cells.

This damages some of the nerve cells in the brain, and affects my dad's memory, decision - making and personality.

A study shows, for the first time, how these functional impairments arise: Social isolation during early life prevents the cells that make up the brain's white matter from maturing and producing the right amount of myelin, the fatty «insulation» on nerve fibers that helps them transmit long - distance messages within the brain.

They found that exercise may help cognition by increasing blood and oxygen to the brain, increasing levels of norepinephrine, and endorphins to decrease stress and improve mood, and increasing growth factors that help create new nerve cells and support synaptic plasticity.

Within the brain are billions of nerve cells, known as neurons.

These 24 - hour biological clocks has a «master clock», which is a group of nerve cells in the brain (with a big name that I'm not going to bore you with).

Researchers are looking at delays or abnormalities in brain development of nerve cells that are responsible for heart and lung function.

Mishra's team focused on a neurotransmitter called brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), which is expressed in a small number of sensory nerve cells or neurons.

A growing body of research indicates that the B2M - MHC I complex, which is present in all cells in the body except red blood cells and plasma cells, can act in the brain in ways not obviously related to immunity — guiding brain development, shaping nerve cell communication, and even affecting behavior.

Found in the sensory nerve cells of vertebrates, TRPM8 typically sends a sensation of cold to the brain when activated by low temperatures.

Faced with the complexity of the brain, neuroscience focused on questions that could be subdivided into manageable units: How we see, how we move, how nerve cells work.

Because its powerful technology can measure microstructural features in the brain, such as the diameter of nerve cell axons, it enables researchers to answer entirely new questions, says CUBRIC director Derek Jones.

Investigators are exploring whether they need to look beyond the brain to the heart to understand what happens to nerve cells over the course of decades.

Their brains differed in the activity of over a hundred genes that provide cells with energy, influence chemical communications in the brain and strengthen the connection between nerve cells.

Healthy people in their 70s have just as many young nerve cells, or neurons, in a memory - related part of the brain as do teenagers and young adults, researchers report in the April 5 Cell Stem Cell.

Neuroscience focused on the nuts and bolts of the brain: how nerve cells communicate with electrical and chemical pulses, how brains learn and calculate and remember.

Inside the brain, prions presumably latch onto PrPC molecules on the surface of nerve cells and impose the prion conformation.

These symptoms arise because nerve cells producing the neurotransmitter dopamine, located in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra, slowly die.

The main cog in the human biological clock is the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), a group of nerve cells in a region at the base of the brain called the hypothalamus.

Brain waves created by the coordinated firing of huge collections of nerve cells pinball around the bBrain waves created by the coordinated firing of huge collections of nerve cells pinball around the brainbrain.

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.

The brain is a complex organ — a network of nerve cells, or neurons, producing thought, memory, action, and feeling.

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.

Further study revealed that these so - called immune proteins are actually present on the surface of certain nerve cells, but that they functioned differently in the brain than they did in the rest of the body; rather than scouting for germs, they influenced signals sent between neurons.

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.

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.

The mice were also injected with a dye that could illuminate the footprints of new nerve cell growth in the brain.

Brains consume about as much power as a lightbulb, yet can perform calculations that computers still can't match, thanks to large interconnected networks of nerve cells.

This type of inflammation between 18 and 32 weeks of gestation in humans has been linked to preterm birth as well as an imbalance of immune cells in the brain of the offspring and even death of nerve cells in the brains of those children.

So far, researchers with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle have described the intricate shapes and electrical properties of about 100 nerve cells, or neurons, taken from the brains of 36 patients as they underwent surgery for conditions such as brain tumors or epilBrain Science in Seattle have described the intricate shapes and electrical properties of about 100 nerve cells, or neurons, taken from the brains of 36 patients as they underwent surgery for conditions such as brain tumors or epilbrain tumors or epilepsy.

In addition, compared to mice on a regular diet, brain cells from animals in the olive oil group showed a dramatic increase in nerve cell autophagy activation, which was ultimately responsible for the reduction in levels of amyloid plaques and phosphorylated tau.