Sentences with phrase «of alpha brain»

Before going to sleep at night or before getting out of bed are great times to do it because you are in a half sleep state of alpha brain wave.

Green tea is filled with powerful antioxidants, well as L - theanine, which helps moderate the effects of caffeine by promoting the development of alpha brain waves, being a precursor to gamma - aminobutyric acid (GABA), and interacting with dopamine and serotonin.

Not exact matches

There are five major types of brain waves, including delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma, with delta brain waves having the slowest frequency and gamma having the fastest.

This drug is designed to reduce the build up of a neural protein in the brain called alpha - synuclein that is associated with the disease.

This feedback enables people to learn to control their physiological reactions to mental stimulation — which, as Jodi Lawrence says in her book Alpha Brain Waves, provides «you with instant information concerning your inner state, a kind of electronic mirror to see into your mind.»

And last but not least, chia seeds are a great source of omega - 3 alpha - linolenic acid which is beneficial to the brain and heart, and contain all 9 essential amino acids making these little seeds a complete plant protein.

The team tested whether overexpression of PGC1 - alpha could protect cultures of rat brain cells from the pesticide rotenone, which inhibits complex I of the electron transport chain in neuronal mitochondria and produces many symptoms similar to those of Parkinson's.

The data showed that when the cell phone was transmitting, the power of a characteristic brain - wave pattern called alpha waves in the person's brain was boosted significantly.

The study, published in the October edition of the journal Neurotherapeutics, found that the drug, AT2101, which has also been studied for Gaucher disease, improved motor function, stopped inflammation in the brain and reduced levels of alpha - synuclein, a protein critically involved in Parkinson's.

In contrast, older adults demonstrated a rush of alpha oscillatory power (relatively faster brain waves) that was not observed in younger adults.

But slower, more goal - directed waves, a mix of alpha and beta waves, are deeper in the brain.

Arising from the abnormal buildup of a protein known as alpha - synuclein in the brain, such conditions damage the nerves that control blood pressure and heart rate.

Depressed patients have «high alpha» on the left side, indicating that this region of the brain is too inactive.

«Activation of these cell receptors appear to prevent brain cells from cleaning out the trash — the toxic buildup of proteins, such as alpha - synuclein, tau and amyloid, common in neurodegenerative diseases,» says the study's senior author, neurologist Charbel Moussa, MBBS, PhD, director of Georgetown's Laboratory for Dementia and Parkinsonism, and scientific and clinical research director of the GUMC Translational Neurotherapeutics Program.

In 2010 biologist Valerie Hu of the George Washington University Medical Center and her colleagues found that brains of people with autism have low levels of a protein produced by a gene called retinoic acid — related orphan receptor - alpha (RORA).

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have uncovered a major reason why the Parkinson's - related protein alpha - synuclein, a major constituent of the Lewy bodies that are the pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD), is toxic to neurons in the brain.

The faster the regular rhythm of the working brain (represented by alpha oscillation), the more fine - grained the resolution in visual perception.

Yet if you look at people who develop the clinical syndrome of dementia, especially later in life, yes, they have amyloid in the brain but they also have other pathologic entities — vascular disease; synucleinopathies [insoluble fibrils of the normally soluble protein, alpha - synuclein]; a tauopathy [which is marked by disease - inducing, insoluble tangles of another protein, tau].

Alpha oscillations are regular fluctuations in the electrical activity in the back of the human brain — an area that includes the visual cortex, responsible for processing signals from the eyes.

These alpha oscillations rise and fall endlessly, tracing a wave - like thrum of brain activity.

The Penn team also found that patients with this genetic variation had a slower rate of Parkinson's disease progression, and lower amounts of alpha - synuclein in the brain.

Inside these cells is a protein called alpha - synuclein, which is known to go awry and lead to damaging clumps in the brains of Parkinson's patients, as well as those with Alzheimer's disease.

Jensen shifted this interpretation by showing the importance of the alpha frequency: it helps to shut down irrelevant brain area's for a certain task.

Earlier he discovered a novel role of the alpha wave that was long thought to be a boring wave, emerging when the brain runs idle and a person is dozing off.

«Protein associated with Parkinson's travels from brain to gut: New laboratory study provides clues on a particular pathway of «alpha - synuclein» diffusion.»

Fibers of the vagus nerve connect the brain to a variety of internal organs; travelling within these fibers, human alpha - synuclein was ultimately able to reach the gastric wall about six months after its initial midbrain expression.

«Our present approach was to look at this long - distance transmission of alpha - synuclein from the opposite perspective, investigating the possibility that alpha - synuclein may travel from the brain to the gut.»

Purveyors of «alpha consciousness» have encouraged people to undergo brain - wave biofeedback — in some cases using commercially available devices — to increase their production of alpha waves, brain waves that occur at a frequency of about eight to 13 cycles per second.

For Verbruggen and Maassen the ups and downs of the alpha waves provided inspiration for their design work, which ultimately resulted in a piece of furniture, the Brain Wave Couch.

In the course of screening over 180 mutant mouse strains with a systematic battery of behavioral tests, Dr. Tsuyoshi Miyakawa and his colleagues found that mice with heterozygous knockout of the alpha - isoform of calcium / calmodulin - dependent protein kinase II (αCaMKII) exhibit behavioral deficits and other brain features consistent with bipolar disorder.

One of the trademarks of Parkinson's Disease, for example, is an excess of alpha - synuclein in the brain.

While malfunctioning alpha - synuclein has long been recognised as a hallmark of Parkinson's Disease, its role in healthy brains was not properly understood until now.

The precise function of alpha - synuclein has been the subject of considerable debate, partly because it is abundant in red blood cells as well as in the brain.

Lewy bodies (accumulation of abnormal alpha - synuclein A protein in the human brain that is associated with the development of Parkinson's.

There are now multiple immunotherapies targeting clearance of alpha - synuclein from the brain in early - stage clinical trials, and multiple trials underway or in the works on the next generation of cell replacement therapies for dopaminergic neurons, including the TRANSEURO trial; the Summit4StemCell initiative, put together by Jeanne Loring — a researcher at The Scripps Research Institute who is exceptionally engaged with turning her research into therapies; a Japanese trial to be run by Jun Takahashi of Kyoto University in Japan (cf. here and here); and a trial centered at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center headed by cell biologist Lorenz Studer.

Amiry - Moghaddam M, Otsuka T, Hurn PD, Traystman RJ, Haug FM, Froehner SC, Adams ME, Neely JD, Agre P, Ottersen OP, Bhardwaj A (2003) An alpha - syntrophin - dependent pool of AQP4 in astroglial end - feet confers bidirectional water flow between blood and brain.

Related studies have elucidated how proteins that build up to abnormally high levels in the brain of Alzheimer's patients — amyloid beta, tau and alpha - synuclein — interact to disrupt brain function and promote memory loss.

Our findings show that two fragments of alpha - synuclein, a protein that accumulates in the brain cells of people with Parkinson's, can activate the T cells involved in autoimmune attacks.

«As we continue to unravel the precise functional relationship between alpha - synuclein and LRRK2, we are well on our way to halting the onslaught of Parkinson's on the brain.»

As a result, white tea has the highest concentration of L - theanine, an amino acid that stimulates alpha brain waves to boost alertness while producing a calming effect.

As a result, white tea has the highest concentration of L - theanine, an amino acid that, according to recent research, stimulates alpha brain waves to boost alertness while producing a calming effect.

Alpha waves are supposed to help the brain focus when it is bombarded with all kinds of competing tasks (read: nonstop emails and phone calls).

Some treatments may sound like a wacky mix of the scientific and the spiritual — Crystal Bowl Sound Healing (at Rancho La Puerta Fitness Resort and Spa in Baja California) claims to activate alpha waves in the brain; Spirit Flight treatment (at Miraval in Tucson, Arizona) is touted as a blend of energy medicine, full - body massage, acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, and spinal alignment, along with indigenous ceremonial rituals.

In Yoga Nidra, you will move out of Beta brain wave state - this is where we vibrate at during stress and most of every day living - into Alpha + Theta brain wave states.

Alpha lipoic acid is one of the few aubstances that can pass the blood - brain barrier, a wall of tiny blood vessels.

Although how it works is not understood, hypnosis may bring about physiological changes in the body such as decreased heart rate, blood pressure, and alpha wave brain patterns, similar to meditation and other types of deep relaxation.

* L - Theanine helps to reduce the effects of stress and increases alpha brain waves.

Although all nuts are healthy, walnuts and flaxseeds contain alpha - linolenic acid, a type of Omega - 3 fat that has super anti-inflammatory properties and is also good for your brain.

To understand CFD, it is necessary to know that for 5 - MTHF (the active form of folate) to enter the CNS, it needs to be transported across the blood - brain barrier by a carrier known as folate receptor protein alpha or folate receptor 1 (FRA or FR1).

Parkinson's is due to degeneration of the brain's dopamine area; parkinsonism is caused primarily by abnormal clumping of proteins called alpha - synuclein.