Sentences with phrase «number of neurons helps»

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The protein is thought to destroy the neurons in the brain that make dopamine, a neurotransmitter that helps regulate a number of functions, including movement and coordination.

Given that there are a number of different types of neurons in the cerebral cortex and that there are many areas where the neurons do things other than help with memory, you can see how one billion is a conservative estimate I hoped would be useful for understanding the storage capacity of the human brain.

Furthermore, the team devised a technique to control the number of neurons labeled — labeling too many neurons makes it impossible to distinguish individual ones — that allows researchers to visualize individual neuron shapes and trace their connecting fibers through intact tissues using another technology the Gradinaru laboratory has helped develop, known as tissue clearing.

«The fasting is a mild energetic stress and the neurons respond adaptively by increasing mitochondria which helps them produce more energy and... by increasing the number of mitochondria and neurons it can increase the ability of the neurons to form and maintain synapses and thereby increase learning and memory ability.

Packed with powerful antioxidants such as resveratrol and quercetin, berries» sky - high levels of flavonoids help to increase the number of connections between brain neurons — while helping to disrupt the amyloid plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients.