Sentences with phrase «other brain cells»

The neurons have to connect with other brain cells in order to work.
Following an initial brain injury, the dying cells produce substances that go on to damage other brain cells.
We usually left out the faces, because other brain cells are responsible for recognizing those.
So for our model of this disease, which we are currently developing, we have to generate a variety of other brain cell types besides neurons that are thought to foster immune responses in the brain.
«We also found that our AAV variants containing this key amino acid footprint preferentially get into neurons rather than other brain cell types,» Asokan said.
Also, there is a third type of cerebellar abiotrophy that affects other brain cells besides Purkinje cells so there are other symptoms if your dog has that type (extrapyramidal nuclear abiotrophy).
Cerebellar and extrapyramidal nuclear abiotrophy — Affects other brain cells besides the Purkinje cells
In neurons of DIXDC1 mutant mice (center) the dendrites — neural antennae that receive input from other brain cells — have fewer of the dendritic spines (white with red arrows)-- the receiving half of most synaptic inputs — compared to dendrites in wild type mice (left).
Because the cells have absorbed copper released from the electrode, he can tell them apart from the 200,000 other brain cells in the mushroom body.
STOP SIGNS Brainlike structures grown from autistic patients» stem cells (right) produced greater numbers of brain cells that make other brain cells less active (green and red) compared with structures grown from the cells of a non-autistic family member (left).
Researchers say their findings, published in Annals of Neurology, are «surprising» as the results differ from what has been seen in studies of brain regions that harbor other brain cell - types.
Scientists at the San Diego, California, conference also described their discovery that an obscure protein carried on the cell membranes of neurons and other brain cells blocks the uptake of the α - synuclein into cells.
Established rehab methods bypass the brain's damaged area and enlist other brain cells to handle the lost functions.
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In 2009, Steven Goldman of the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York and his colleagues reported that human astrocytes are bigger, and have about 10 times as many fingerlike projections that contact other brain cells and blood vessels, than those of mice.
Prior and her colleagues say that several cellular processes known to be associated with Alzheimer's pathology are affected by J147, including an increase in a protein called brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which protects neurons from toxic insults, helps new neurons grow and connect with other brain cells, and is involved in memory formation.
Too much activity in one of these genes led to an overproduction of a certain type of brain cell that suppresses the activity of other brain cells.
In tests using human neural progenitor cells (NPCs)-- self - renewing, multipotent cells that generate neurons and other brain cell types — the scientists found that exposure to sofosbuvir not only rescued dying NPCs infected with the Zika virus, but restored gene expression linked to their antiviral response.
«Drugs like morphine hijack the body's natural painkilling mechanisms, such as those used by endorphins, but because they act within the central nervous system, they can affect other brain cells that use similar pathways, leading to side effects such as addiction or sleepiness,» says Professor Gamper.
Other research has already exploited this method using neural stem cells — which give rise to neurons and other brain cells — to hunt down brain cancer in mice and deliver tumor - eradicating drugs.
They noticed, however, that other brain cells, which had shrunken in size as a result of their lost neighbors, seemed to normalize.
In brains with the condition, a protein called tau goes «bad» and forms clumps in nerve cells and other brain cells.
Now scientists say they've hit on a startling explanation for some of these cells: A minuscule RNA molecule helps guide the early development of neurons and other brain cells.
Neural stem cells, normally destined to turn into neurons and other brain cells, instead become muscle when they are put in contact with muscle cells, researchers now report.
The tiny spines they use to connect to other brain cells are retracting as the cells begin to die.
However, olfactory (nose) neurons connect directly to the brain, and thus share many features with other brain cells.
In a study published in the journal Neuron, researchers at the Gladstone Institutes reveal how tau disrupts the ability of brain cells to strengthen connections with other brain cells, preventing new memories from forming.
In this way, it protects the neurons and other brain cells from oxidative damage.
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