Sentences with phrase «of acetylcholine by»

To investigate the longer - term effects of higher - than - normal acetylcholine levels on the brain, Hermona Soreq of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her colleagues first induced high levels of acetylcholine by forcing 26 mice to swim, an activity stressful to mice.

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Donepezil (Aricept) can slow the progress of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease by blocking the breakdown of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that carries messages between nerve cells.

Lambert - Eaton syndrome, an autoimmune disorder frequently associated with small - cell carcinoma of the lung, is characterized by impaired evoked release of acetylcholine from the motor nerve terminal.

Neuroscientist and geneticist Steven McIntire of the University of California, San Francisco, and his colleagues discovered a possible acetylcholine connection partly by accident.

AF267B seems to work in part by enhancing the activity of receptors for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

This decision appears to be generated by a very small number of excitatory neurons that use acetylcholine as their neurotransmitter located in three brain regions.

Further tests showed that the activation of specific inhibitory neurons — parvalbumin, somatostatin, and vasointestinal peptide — was responsible for these changes and was in turn controlled by the chemical messenger, or neurotransmitter, acetylcholine.

When methamphetamine is administered after a period of withdrawal, however, the dopamine released by the midbrain neurons has the opposite effect on the acetylcholine cells, prompting them to release the chemical into the striatum.

Tony and his clientele admit to taking stronger «smart drugs» than those he's selling tonight, drugs such as piracetam (which supposedly boosts levels of acetylcholine in the brain), hydergine and propanolol (both said to work by increasing blood flow through the brain), L - Dopa (a chemical precursor of the neurotransmitter dopamine), phenytoin, vasopressin, deprenyl, the list seems almost endless.

Recent studies of the electric fish Torpedo suggest that the source of the acetylcholine emitted by a neuron is the cytoplasm rather than the synaptic vesicles

To narrow down the list, a team of researchers led by Henry Lester, a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, designed a mouse with a mutant version of the a4 * acetylcholine receptor subunit.

Rapsyn is made by our muscle cells and considered a sort of biological anchor that interacts with the acetylcholine receptors to ensure that they are optimally positioned for our muscles to receive orders from our brain.

Rapid activation of presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by nerve - released transmitter.

Positive modulation of a Cys - loop acetylcholine receptor by an auxiliary transmembrane subunit.

Presynaptic targeting of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors is regulated by neurexin - 1β.

Multiple types of neurons communicate by secreting the same major chemical messengers: serotonin (red), dopamine and norepinephrine (yellow) and acetylcholine (cyan).

Objective: To evaluate if a higher amount of acetylcholine obtained by associating donepezil and choline alphoscerate might have a favorable effect on BPSD.

Here's a tantalizing prospect, hinted at by a long - running thread of brain research: compounds that boost the function of certain acetylcholine circuits in the brain might also modify production of toxic beta - amyloid protein.

Antidepressant - like Activity of AMOP - H - OH («SAZETIDINE - A») in the Forced Swim TSest is Mediated by High Affinity Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors.

The first, cholinesterase inhibitors, act by inhibiting the breakdown of the neurotransmitter, or neuron - to - neuron chemical messenger, acetylcholine.

Her team explained that the anticholinergic class of medications work by blocking a neurochemical called acetylcholine, in both the brain and body.

The yolk of an egg is an excellent source of choline, a precursor to acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter that helps to improve your focus and attention by regulating cognitive function.

Galantamine works by boosting brain levels of acetylcholine, which helps brain cells communicate.

It eases dementia symptoms by protecting levels of the brain chemical acetylcholine.

So by taking a choline supplement (to get acetylcholine) like «Alpha GPC» or «Phosphatidyl Choline», you can ABSURDLY modify the pituitary response of discharging more HGH by suppressing Somatostatin WHEN THE SECRETAGOGUE IS ALREADY INFLUENCING PITUITARY TO PRODUCE HGH.

DMAE does this by increasing the production of Acetylcholine, an important brain transmitter.

Ginsenosides increase acetylcholine levels in the brain by blocking the inhibition of the cholinergic pathway.

By protecting acetylcholine, Muira Puama root may have a therapeutic effect on memory and cognition, and for this reason, may be helpful in the treatment of brain - related ailments such as Alzheimer's disease.

Choline is a valuable nutrient which is needed by the brain to produce acetylcholine, a primary neurotransmitter that facilitates the transmission of impulses throughout the central nervous system.

Brain Function — DMAE works by accelerating the brain's synthesis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which in turn plays a key role in maximising mental ability as well as in preventing loss of memory in ageing adults.

By inhibiting this enzyme, green tea increases the activity of acetylcholine in the brain.

Acetylcholinesterase (AchE) is responsible for the breakdown of Acetylcholine, and so by inhibiting AchE, more acetylcholine is made available Acetylcholine, and so by inhibiting AchE, more acetylcholine is made available acetylcholine is made available to the brain.

This ambiguity was explained by JJ Noval at NAMRL in Pensacola, when he showed that magnetic fields that vibrated in the ELF range would increase the levels of acetylcholine in the rat brainstem directly.

Acid secretion is controlled by a hormone called gastrin (secreted in the presence of food and leading to secretion of stomach acid), acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter), and histamine (that same substance responsible for the unpleasant allergic effects of hay fever).

This disease is caused by an inability of the certain nerve receptors (nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) to function properly.

Myasthenia gravis is caused by a reduction or deficiency in the number of cellular receptors for a specific neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, at the junctions between nerve endings and skeletal muscle cells.

Skeletal muscle contraction is stimulated by the emission of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) by the motor neuron, and terminated by acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the neuromuscular junction (NMJ).