Sentences with phrase «others nerve cells»

Some become muscle cells, others nerve cells, and so on.

The cells also underwent tiny zaps of electricity, which allowed researchers to see how the neurons might have communicated with other nerve cells in the brain.

Synapses are constantly transmitting information to, and receiving information from other nerve cells.

This brain chemical (also known as a neurotransmitter) helps nerve cells to send signals to other nerve cells.

When the researchers blocked the NuRD complex, cells in the cerebellum called granule cells failed to form connections with other nerve cells, the Purkinje neurons.

Nerve cells damaged in diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), «talk» to stem cells in the same way that they communicate with other nerve cells, calling out for «first aid», according to new research from the University of Cambridge.

«But the brain works by virtue of these connections that allow one nerve cell to talk to many other nerve cells, sort of like a Twitter account, and each nerve cell is also the recipient of a network of information from thousands of other nerve cells.»

The researchers discovered that nicotine uses a mechanism responsible for learning and memory to enhance the connections between one set of nerve cells that are sensitive to the drug and other nerve cells that register pleasure.

Dopamine — this functions as a neurotransmitter which is a chemical released by neurons or nerve cells to send signals to other nerve cells.

Dopamine is a «happy» chemical that sends signals to other nerve cells and plays a major role in reward - motivated behavior.

Not exact matches

Furthermore, nerve cells have a relationship to all other types of living cells in the body.

When swelling, bleeding or other products of inflammation occur inside a compartment, the increase in pressure on the capillaries, muscles and nerves can result in intense pain and loss of oxygenated blood to the muscle and nerve cells.

An anemia is a deficiency of the blood cells, but in addition to blood cells, many other cells in the body need vitamin B12, including nerve cells.

Nerve cells communicate with each other through two mechanisms, referred to as fast and slow synaptic transmission.

We look forward to exploring exactly how these neutrophils work in concert with other cells to accomplish nerve regeneration.»

And in a basket cell (above), axon branches, which allow the nerve cell to send messages to other neurons, cluster densely around the cell body.

To do this, these nerve cells send out axons, long, incredibly thin projections that reach out to other regions.

In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine showed certain immune cells — neutrophils — can clean up nerve debris, while previous models have attributed nerve cell damage control to other cells entirely.

And like other retinal ganglion cells in the eye, the ipRGCs grow long fibers that snake out to join the optic nerve.

But the enzyme has other jobs in the brain, such as potentially affecting the ability of nerve cells to communicate properly.

The findings add to a growing body of evidence that protecting or boosting neurotrophins — the molecules that support the survival and function of nerve cells — may slow the progression of Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

There are details of the structure of the living cell, essential features in the composition of metals, cotton, silk, rubber, paint, bone, nerve, and a thousand other things which are hidden even from the microscope, and must always remain so hidden because the failure does not lie with the skill of the optician but with the incapacity of light itself.

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.

In research that has implications for diabetes and other metabolic diseases, an international study based at UT Southwestern Medical Center found that the protein connexin 43 (Cx43) forms cell - to - cell communication channels on the surface of emerging beige fat cells that amplify the signals from those few nerve fibers.

That three - or - so - pound lump of soft tissue, housed within the cranium, has about 100 billion nerve cells or neurons (roughly equal to the number of stars in our galaxy), which form trillions of connections with each other, giving rise to millions of operations going on simultaneously.

The back - and - forth attachment and removal of methyl groups also fine - tunes gene expression in stem cells, which can mature, specialize and multiply to become muscle, bone, nerve, or other cell types.

GABA has been known for decades to be a key neurotransmitter in the brain, a chemical that nerve cells use to communicate with each other, but its role in the pancreas was unknown until the 2011 paper by Drs. Prud «homme and Wang.

Cajal also figured out that nerve cells are polar, meaning that signals enter the cell through the shrubbery of the dendrites at one end and leave through the other end at the whiplike axon.

Adult mice and other rodents sprout new nerve cells in memory - related parts of their brains.

The virus then enters and hijacks muscle and nerve cells where it replicates and travels up the nerves to infect the brain and other tissues.

Other vital structures, the axons and dendrites — known collectively as neurites — that project from the nerve cells and send and receive messages are dependent on this neural transport network.

The discovery of a new mechanism that controls the way nerve cells in the brain communicate with each other to regulate our learning and long - term memory could have major benefits to understanding how the brain works and what goes wrong in neurodegenerative disorders such as epilepsy and dementia.

The mice had difficulty running on a spinning rod and showed other symptoms of nerve cell deterioration.

In his thirties, he learned about a new way to stain tissue developed by the Italian Camillo Golgi: a new silver - based stain that turned some nerve cells completely black while leaving most others entirely untouched, rendering the delicate branches of the nerve processes clearly visible (as seen in the image on the left).

Here's a gene that's central to how nerve cells communicate with each other, so it's curious to us to see a grossly different protein variant.

Others include transplanting so - called Schwann cells from peripheral nerves, using growth factors to stimulate nerve growth, and boosting the immune system in the damaged area (New Scientist magazine, 14 August 1999, p 36).

This fatty material is an insulator covering and modulating a part of the nerve cell called the axon, which transmits electrical signals to other cells.

Nerve cells exchange information with each other in the form of electrical signals via so - called synapses.

Every nerve cell is linked to an average of 10,000 other neurons, which synchronize their activity with each other to varying degrees.

Other scientists have shown that tamoxifen and similar drugs might also reduce nerve cell damage in the spinal cord and brain.

But this came from work in my laboratory and others that suggested that nerve cells in affected regions of the Alzheimer brain looked like they were trying to divide.

In the current study, Yu - Shang Lee, PhD, of the Cleveland Clinic, together with Jerry Silver, PhD, of Case Western Reserve Medical School, and others, used a chemical that promotes cell growth along with a scar - busting enzyme to create a more hospitable environment for the nerve graft at the injury site.

«The challenge of brain simulation is that the nerve cells enter into a temporary relationship with other neurons depending on the task at hand,» says Prof. Dr. Markus Diesmann, director of Juelich's institute Computational and Systems Neuroscience (INM - 6).

«We hope that these cells can eventually lead to new treatments for glaucoma and other forms of optic nerve disease.»

These genes are believed to be essential for the normal function of nerve cells, and previous studies have linked these mutations to problems with synaptic function — how neurons communicate with each other.

They also tested other chemicals known to prevent the other two forms of cellular suicide, but only CGP3466B protected mouse nerve cells in the brain from death by cocaine.

Earlier studies by Darnell and others showed that FMRP manages the production of a slew of proteins found at nerve cell connections called synapses.

A mouse's nerve cell has broken open to showcase vibrantly colored sacs, which house its neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers neurons use to communicate with one another and with other cells.

Some of the genes involved help regulate the flow of ions in and out of the cells, particularly nerve cells; others code for so - called heat shock proteins that are typically induced during stress.

For the first time, stem cell researchers have succeeded in getting transplanted nerve cells to establish connections with other neurons to improve movement in paralyzed rats.