Sentences with phrase «produced by nerve cells»

It consisted in exposing human umbilical cord epithelial cells to the substances produced by the nerve cells of the previous experiment.

Not exact matches

They first showed that mice with severed sensory nerves produce excessive BH4, churned out both by the injured nerve cells themselves and by macrophages — immune cells that infiltrate damaged nerves and inflamed tissue.

«However, the capillary constriction produced by pericytes may, by restricting the blood supply for a long time, cause further damage to nerve cells even after the clot is removed.

Two different inherited genetic variations in two different families of children with ASD «converged» to produce the same changes in nerve function and behavior, the researchers report in EBioMedicine, a new online translational medicine journal published by editors at The Lancet and Cell Press.

The authors found that if they blocked lactate release by glia or uptake by nerve cells, they produced a long - lasting prevention of cocaine relapse in rodents.

The team, led by Mark Mayford, created a mouse with a specific gene that produces the protein hM3Dq when nerve cells with this gene become active, leaving the protein attached to the cell.

However, when the researchers genetically removed syntaphilin from the nerve cells, mitochondrial transport was enhanced, allowing the damaged mitochondria to be replaced by healthy mitochondria capable of producing ATP.

«The signal produced by the PV cell — after stimulation by the PYR cell — was passed on to target nerve cells and prevented them from generating action potentials of their own,» Poulet says.

Developed by Janelia colleague Nicholas Sofroniew, the method produces huge datasets that show when and where nerve cells are active.

These results support the hypothesis that that all the symptoms and disease courses observed in MS patients are produced by the same underlying mechanisms that damage nerve cells over time.

The cells respond to vibrations by producing electrical impulses that travel via nerves to the brain.

Amyloid is the umbrella term for protein fragments that are produced by the body and that ultimately lead to the demise of nerve cells.

Those naturally produced opioids, and the opioid drugs that imitate them, inhibit pain by acting on three kinds of opioid receptors — mu, kappa and delta — that are found on the outside of nerve cells in the brain, spinal cord, digestive tract and elsewhere.

Some researchers seek gene therapies that might act more broadly on retinal cells, perhaps by using genes that produce proteins supporting the growth and health of nerve cells, which could be delivered before significant vision loss occurs.

A U-M alumna who sought to avoid passing a deadly disease to her son has given scientists a gift that could help many more families affected by the same disease: an embryo that has allowed U-M researchers to produce stem cells and nerve cells that contain the crucial disease - causing genetic defect.

«By producing new taste cells outside the body, our results demonstrate that direct stimulation from nerves is not necessary to generate functional taste cells from precursors,» said Ozdener.

The differences between the lipoproteins secreted by astrocytes and those found in the CSF suggest that the astrocytes produce particles that help the brain rid itself of excess cholesterol in addition to helping deliver membrane components to the nerve cells.

«Ninety - five percent of the body's serotonin is produced by the gut nerve cells, and every class of neurotransmitters found in the brain is also found in the gut.»

It is used by the brain to produce serotonin, a neurotransmitter that transfers nerve impulses from one cell to another and is responsible for normal sleep.

First, by helping produce the myelin sheaths that insulate and protect brain cells and nerves.