Sentences with word «neuroprotective»

As you'll see below, data exploring the potential neuroprotective effects of ketosis are still scarce, and we don't yet know the side effects of a long - term ketogenic diet.

Foods rich in flavonoids offer a number of neuroprotective properties and can decrease rates of cognitive decline and potentially slow the progression of many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease.

The research paper stated as part of its findings: «The promising outcomes of this study strongly imply the possible use of VCO, not only as neuroprotective agents for those suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, but also as brain food.»

Pridopidine, the drug presently in clinical trial for HD was shown — not just to treat motor symptoms — but also to provide neuroprotective benefit in a genetic mouse model of...

One of the long term goals is to identify new molecular targets for neuroprotective strategies in stroke and other conditions involving glutamate excitotoxicity.

The title of the study is «Virgin coconut oil (VCO) by normalizing NLRP3 inflammasome showed potential neuroprotective effects in Amyloid - β induced toxicity and high - fat diet fed rat.»

«Our findings suggest further investigation into the potential of MC1R - activating agents as novel neuroprotective therapies for PD, and together with epidemiological evidence, may offer information that could guide those carrying MC1R variants to seek advice from dermatologists or neurologists about their personal risk for melanoma and Parkinson's disease,» lead author Xiqun Chen says in a statement.

Creatine has also been shown to have general health benefits including neuroprotective qualities.

A Novel Neuroprotective Mechanism for Lithium That Prevents Association of the p75NTR - Sortilin Receptor Complex and Attenuates proNGF - Induced Neuronal Death In Vitro and In Vivo

The results do not surprise me as there are many pre-clinical studies showing neuroprotective effects of cannabinoids.

This damage is likely due to the high levels of inflammation and free radicals caused by treatment but luckily there are many nutrients with neuroprotective effects.

Infant crying and fussing is substantially moderated by neuroprotective cultural or clinical practices, including breastfeeding and cued care

They are also important in the synthesis of neuroprotective compounds such as kynurenic acid.

Researchers might also develop neuroprotective drugs for specific brain areas.

Cell culture and animal studies have also confirmed that certain polyphenols from juices demonstrated a stronger neuroprotective effect when compared to antioxidant vitamins.

ELISA was used to quantify the release of three molecules with potential neuroprotective activity in the brain or retina: IGF - 1 [50]--[52], FGF - 2 [26], [53], [54] and GDNF [11], [22]--[30].

Astrocytes, one type of glial cells are the supporting cells for survival and function of neurons in the brain by secreting many kinds of neuroprotective molecules.

The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of curcumin have been found to provide neuroprotective benefits.

Further, we want to find out how degenerative processes interfere with endogenous neuroprotective mechanisms and self - repair.

Her primary areas of interest are mother - infant attachment, breastfeeding education and support, and Family - Centered Neuroprotective Care of premature infants in the NICU.

Community - based Neuroprotective Developmental Care in the Community (NDC), also known as «the Possums programs», aims to protect the rapidly developing infant brain and gut during the critical first 12 months of life, and also supports parents» mental health and psychological resilience during this vulnerable perinatal period.

The other research presented at the symposium showed that a pure maple syrup extract prevented the fibrillation (tangling) of beta amyloid proteins and exerted neuroprotective effects in rodent's microglial brain cells.

«We hope that our findings will lead to new understanding about the mechanisms that lead to brain injury and ultimately new neuroprotective treatment strategies for preterm babies.»

While at McMaster Dr. Seabrooke was a course instructor for Genetics and ran a research project studying neuroprotective genes in the blood brain barrier.

«Our results indicate that FNDC5 / irisin has the ability control a very important neuroprotective pathway in the brain,» says Dr. Spiegelman.

Ketone bodies themselves are active signalling metabolites and have demonstrated neuroprotective properties in other brain disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease (10).

-RSB- In Romania, researchers noted similar activity using inhaled lavender for an hour each day and, according to the study, «Taken together, our results suggest that antioxidant and antiapoptotic activities of the lavender essential oils are the major mechanisms for their potent neuroprotective effects against scopolamine - induced oxidative stress in the rat brain,» that can lead to severe illness and cancer.

Leafy greens are not only neuroprotective but they also help downregulate inflammation in the body.

Now you can upskill in the foundations of Community - based Neuroprotective Developmental Care («The Possums Programs») without leaving your home and in your own time!

In fact, so much of the progress that we're making in laboratories, including mine, is on developing neuroprotective therapies that can protect the retina from degeneration, regenerate optic nerve fibers all the way back to their targets in the brain, and even replace damaged retinal ganglion cells with self - therapies that completely rebuild the optic nerve.

«We want to combine neuroimaging and cognitive assays with clinical symptoms to enhance prodromal diagnosis, identify neuroprotective agents to target underlying disease mechanisms in the brain, and develop behavioral and cognitive exercises that will increase the patient's ability to adapt.»

Thus, the proposed work directly tackles the mechanosensitive disease mechanism in the posterior eye but also aims at developing new neuroprotective strategies.

In preclinical studies, hypothermia and anti-oxidant treatment with N - acetylcysteine (NAC) are neuroprotective following neonatal hypoxic ischemia in females, but less so in males.

While the functions of collagens in cartilage and muscle are well established, before this study it was unknown that collagen VI is made by neurons in the brain and that it can fulfill important neuroprotective functions.

A treatment to help brain cells survive a stroke - induced lack of oxygen and glucose could dramatically improve patient outcomes, but no such neuroprotective agents for stroke patients exist.

«Metformin could have a possible neuroprotective effect in the brain,» said study author Dr. Rachel Whitmer, an epidemiologist in the division of research at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif..

Ketosis gives you a longer, sustained energy, enhanced cognition, improved focus and other neuroprotective benefits.

Unmodified and transgenic human neural progenitor cells secrete neuroprotective factors in vitro.

In one recent study Achyranthes bidentata polypeptides (ABPP) separated from the aqueous extract of Achyranthes bidentata were shown to reverse production of intracellular radical oxygen species (ROS) and confer neuroprotective effects on NMDA receptors.

Neuroscientists used a mouse model of ALS to demonstrate that supplementation with a blue — green algae known as spirulina, which is nutrient rich, provides neuroprotective support for dying motor neurons.

One compound, known as CNB - 001, which was extracted from curcumin, the active component in the spice turmeric, was highly neuroprotective in all of the assays; as well as enhancing memory in normal animals.