Sentences with phrase «nerve damage similar»
They first injected a fragment of myelin protein into the brains of the test mice, causing nerve damage similar to that seen in MS patients.
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The authors went on to study young mice with white - matter nerve damage similar to that seen in premature babies.
Not exact matches
The method is similar to one already tried in people who have lost an arm: The doctors at Northwestern University and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago removed nerves from damaged muscle in Vawter's amputated leg and connected them to hamstring muscle in his thigh, which had been left intact.
Other scientists have shown that tamoxifen and similar drugs might also reduce nerve cell damage in the spinal cord and brain.
Importantly, the research team also looked at optic nerves of the central nervous system, which are damaged in glaucoma, and found similar protective effects from the loss of Phr1.
Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear / Harvard Medical School have identified inflammatory factors that cause optic neuropathy in the back of the eye following implantation of a keratoprosthesis (KPro)-- similar to what glaucoma patients experience, without the rise of pressure in the eye — and have shown that blocking one of those factors, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFa), successfully halts the development of optic nerve damage in a mouse model.
Two weeks after the rats sustained their injuries, Schwartz's group found that the number of surviving cells in the damaged nerves of these rats was three times higher on average than in rats with similar damage that received a placebo injection.
Spinal cord injuries that damage the nerves can lead to similar symptoms.
Pesticides are designed to damage the nerve system of insects, and will have a similar effect on mammals, sometimes leading to convulsions and seizures.
A surprising number of cats have problems with constipation (abnormal accumulation of feces and difficulty defecating), and similar but more serious conditions such as obstipation (complete obstruction of the colon by feces) and megacolon (damaged nerves and muscles in the colon causing an inability to defecate).
On the other hand, a neck injury that results in paralysis or damage done to the vertebrae or nerves will cause similar damages, but on a much larger scale — and potentially for the rest of your life.