Sentences with phrase «new brain cells known»

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In the new study, the team focused on neurons called amacrine cells and horizontal cells, which have a known role in «preprocessing» — or adjusting — electrical signals transmitted to the brain from the photoreceptors after they have been stimulated by light photons.

A preclinical study in mice published by Cell Press January 16th in the journal Cell reveals that drugs known as histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) can enhance the brain's ability to permanently replace old traumatic memories with new memories, opening promising avenues for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety disorders.

We don't yet know whether our training methods promote the development of new brain cells.

«We don't know if this will work in humans, but it's exciting to have a solid new lead on how this condition kills brain cells.»

Genetically modified «hunter» T cells successfully migrated to and penetrated a deadly type of brain tumor known as glioblastoma (GBM) in a clinical trial of the new therapy, but the cells triggered an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and faced a complex mutational landscape that will need to be overcome to better treat this aggressive cancer, Penn Medicine researchers report in a new study this week in Science Translational Medicine.

The new study shows that astrocytes, also known as the housekeeping cells of the brain, promote the decline of neuron function in AD.

Star - shaped brain cells known as astrocytes aid perform many indispensible functions, but a new study shows that an aberrant version of the cells may contribute to many neurodegenerative diseases.

Scientists studying brain diseases may need to look beyond nerve cells and start paying attention to the star - shaped cells known as «astrocytes,» because they play specialized roles in the development and maintenance of nerve circuits and may contribute to a wide range of disorders, according to a new study by UC San Francisco researchers.

Admittedly, crayfish aren't known for their grey matter, but that might be about to change: they can grow new brain cells from blood.

I mean, it is as I think everybody in this audience knows the old dogma used to be that adult humans, like all adult mammals, we didn't generate new brain cells.

«In those that didn't learn, three weeks after the new brain cells were made, nearly one - half of them were no longer there,» said Shors, professor in the Department of Psychology and Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers.

This is interesting, because the hippocampus is known to be critical for learning and memory, and is widely thought to be one of the few parts of the brain that continues to produce new cells throughout life.

March 6, 2013 One region, two functions: Brain cells» multitasking may be a key to understanding overall brain function A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories, according to a new study by researchers at the University of ChiBrain cells» multitasking may be a key to understanding overall brain function A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chibrain function A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chibrain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago.

Thomson still supports lifting Bush's restrictions, he said, because no one knows whether the new iPS cells can match embryonic cells» knack for growing into any kind of tissue — brain cells, heart muscle, insulin - producing cells and dozens of others — in mass quantities.

It increases the blood flow and feeds the brain with more oxygen, it aids the release of hormones and stimulates a process known as neurogenesis, i.e. the brain's ability to grow new brain cells and adapt existing ones.

We now know that even though we can't grown brand new brain cells as adults, the brain cells we do have are constantly undergoing changes in response to our habits and lifestyle demands.