Sentences with phrase «on brain tissue»

Not only do helmets decrease stress on brain tissue, they also reduce the risk of skull fractures, she says.

Previous studies suggesting this link have relied on brain tissue collected from patients after death.

The direct fluorescent antibody test is the most accurate test for diagnosis, but it can only be performed after the death of the animal on brain tissue.

Finally, in response to these injuries, the brain releases a metabolic cascade of neurochemicals that have a toxic effect on brain tissue.

Genetic sequencing analyses were performed on these brain tissues, including quantifying the amount of all the microRNAs present in the brain and their corresponding gene or messenger RNA (mRNA) counterparts.

But she notes that progestin is thought to counteract the effects of estrogen on brain tissue and that estrogen taken by itself may yet be good for the brain.

Najafabadi and McGill graduate student Rached Alkallas then applied the mathematical method to analyze publicly available data on the brain tissues of people who died from Alzheimer's.

Although Khaitovich thinks that the Neandertal genes affect the composition of fat throughout the body, the researchers focused on brain tissue first because it contains so many fatty acids — and was available from a brain tissue bank.

The image on the right indicates the level of strain on brain tissue after an actual bike crash; the image on the left shows what the strain would have been if a helmet was worn.

Patients with PNDs carry antibodies that specifically target these proteins, but identifying the target antigens — intracellular proteins — challenged the dogma that the antibodies mediate disease by causing an autoimmune attack on brain tissue.

Resources: Aluminum causes oxidative stress on brain tissues Drago D, Cavaliere A, Mascetra N, et al..

So BDNF is actively involved in both your muscles and your brain, and this cross-connection, if you will, appears to be a major part of the explanation for why a physical workout can have such a beneficial impact on your brain tissue — and why the combination of intermittent fasting with high intensity exercise appears to be a particularly potent combination.

Omega - 3 fatty acids have an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect on brain tissue.

The only way to test an animal for rabies is on their brain tissue, which can not be done in a live animal.