Sentences with phrase «on nerve cells»

The radiation shortened the complex branches on nerve cells that receive messages.

Now, it doesn't do this will all nerve cells, but it specifically decreases the impact or cortisol on those nerve cells.

Maged Harraz, Ph.D., a research associate and the first author of the newly published research paper, says the researchers already knew that ketamine interacts with excitatory NMDA receptors on nerve cells in the brain to block their activity.

Gastroenterologists may prescribe certain antidepressants for IBS, for example — not because they think the problem is all in a patient's head, but because these medications calm symptoms in some cases by acting on nerve cells in the gut, Pasricha explains.

Laser Therapy has a high beneficial effect on nerve cells which block pain transmitted by these cells to the brain and which decreases nerve sensitivity.

In a report on the study, published Feb. 5 in Nature Neuroscience, researchers say the biochemical receptor, known as a G protein - coupled receptor, was present on nerve cells in the lower respiratory tracts of lab mice.

Those traveling outside the blood stream and needing to cover large distances — like rabies virus which depends on the nerve cell network — need to utilize other means of transport.

He then administered a compound that helps to facilitate activity by receptors that sit on nerve cells and direct the cells» responses to GABA, and the abnormality was reversed.

In the current study, Frank Longo, MD, PhD, and others at Stanford University, tested LM22A - 4, a drug that specifically binds to and activates the BDNF receptor TrkB on nerve cells, in mice that model the disorder.

Electrical experiments on the nerve cell samples in dishes also suggested the cells» signal - sending abilities were impaired.

This small protein molecule contains a loop which fits, like a key in a lock, into the ion channel proteins found on nerve cell membranes, which are used to transport sodium and potassium ions in and out of the cell.

The onset of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is marked by the gradual degradation and eventual death of neuronal axons, the slender projections on nerve cells that transmit signals from one cell to the next.

«New light shed on nerve cell growth.»

Previous studies into Friedreich's ataxia have investigated the direct effect of frataxin deficiency on mitochondrial enzymes that contain iron - sulphur clusters, but with a focus on nerve cell mitochondrial defects once symptoms had already been detected and the disease diagnosed.

Researchers don't yet know why or how Zika might prompt such an attack on nerve cells.

They then observed the effects of gastric bypass on the rats and have shown for the first time that the effects of diet on nerve cells seem to be restored to normal function after the surgery.

The spinal cord becomes thinner and nerve cells lose some of their myelin sheath (the insulating covering on some nerve cells that helps conduct nerve impulses).

When the scientists looked in the brain of a mouse with this mutation, they found, again, that MC4R was not on the nerve cell cilia where it should go to work.

This class is further divided into three subgroups — I, II or III — depending on their location and function on the nerve cells.

The research also showed that unlike TPA, which lessens clotting in the brain's blood vessels, the turmeric compound has a direct protective impact on nerve cells in the brain.

«There was really intriguing data from animal studies,» she says, which showed that inhaled pollutants had toxic effects on nerve cells.

The nanoparticle's shape gives it more surface area than spherical particles, improving the surface protein's ability to bind with receptors on nerve cells that serve as a gateway to the nervous system.

One of these neurotransmitters is glutamate, which acts on specific proteins called receptors that are present on the nerve cells.

The social environment seems to affect the receptors on nerve cells that respond to neurotransmitters like serotonin, which in turn changes how alcohol affects nerves.

Additional experiments suggested that the concentrations of allicin found in raw garlic extract could account for all of garlic's effect on the nerve cells, further suggesting that allicin is the key component that makes your tongue burn.

Now, researchers have determined that an unstable chemical in crushed, raw garlic titillates two receptors on nerve cells that trigger pain — the same receptors that are stung by hot peppers and menthol.

And when lectins take up residence on insulin receptors on nerve cells, your neurons never get the energy that they need, and so they continually send a message that you're hungry in hopes of getting more fuel.