Sentences with phrase «new axons»

Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), which can depict axonal fibers, they found a thick cable of what looked like new axons sprouting at the back of the patient's brain.

As the year progresses, the brain model gets more complicated, and it's harder for second graders to add new axons (this might not be an issue for older students).

Using a technique called diffusion tensor imaging, which can spot neural connections, the researchers saw what appeared to be massive tracts of new axon growth.

That made sense, they realized, because the new eye wasn't growing many new axons.

When these retinal «explants» were placed next to mouse brain tissue, new axons sprouted — even in explants from adults, long past the age when nerves are supposed to be able to regenerate.

Throughout the school year, students create and add new axons to the brain, labeled with sticky notes describing new concepts they have learned.

The reason spinal injuries cause lasting paralysis is that neurons in the adult spinal cord can't sprout new axons, the armlike extensions that neurons use to connect with one another.

When you're young, the orphaned neurons often sprout new axons that connect them to other motor neurons — so the number of motor units decreases, but the amount of muscle you can use stays the same.

At some point, I take over connecting the new axons.

So it should come as no surprise to see ZTE taking the same path with its new AXON 7 and 7 Mini smartphone models, aiming to compete with higher - end models on the market but at more mid-range pricing, and packing some interesting features to take them beyond the cheaper, lower mid-range models out there.