Sentences with phrase «not damage brain tissue»

Small cross-sectional area device does not damage brain tissue and could allow for high - density electrical recording.

* The NIH says its candidate vaccine — which contains the S139N mutation — did not damage brain tissue in earlier monkey tests.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, like most water - soluble vitamins, Vitamin B12 is stored in the liver, kidneys & other tissues & a deficiency may not show up for several years, which is a huge concern because after about 7 years of B12 deficiency there can be irreversible brain damage.

While the study did not look for a mechanism, the team suggest that bilirubin, the toxin that accumulates in jaundice, may damage brain tissue and disrupt brain development, leading to autism.

Right now, the only widely available treatment for preventing brain damage from stroke is tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which breaks up blood clots; it must be given within a few hours to be effective, and though it limits initial damage, it doesn't help the brain restore lost synapses or form new ones.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

But it also damages neurons that don't lie directly in its path, because it is trailed by a pressure wave that transfers the energy of bullet into the surrounding brain tissue.

If brain tissue is damaged or does not develop fully, the ventricles — vessels filled with cerebrospinal fluid, shown in blue in this image based on neuroimaging work — expand to fill the space.

But the number of neurons at a time with which microelectrode arrays can interface must be increased several-fold while making sure the scale - up does not cause damage to brain tissue.

However, the specific damage that occurs in affected brain tissue hasn't been well understood.

Chlorella is one of the best natural remedies to prevent and reverse AD not only because it detoxifies our brains from mercury but also because, like turmeric, it can regenerate damaged brain tissue:

Studies have shown that traumatic brain lesions (i.e. damaged brain tissue) can occur in whiplash injuries, but typically will not occur without a high magnitude of acceleration - deceleration and are unlikely to occur without a significant loss of consciousness.

[28] At the risk of appearing to be overly semantic about this analysis, I take it that what counsel want Dr. Malcolm to be able to do is to testify by way of opinion about whether or not there has been some form of harm or damage to the tissues of the brain of Ms. Meghji as opposed to some form of harm or damage to the mind or emotions or personality of Ms. Meghji.

Many car accidents result in life - changing soft - tissue injuries — injuries that do not involve broken bones, brain injury or damage to body parts that some people normally associate with catastrophic accidents.