Sentences with phrase «produced chemical signals»

We also fed the predators in these compartments with larvae so that they produced chemical signals indicative of predation which could be detected by the larvae in the experiment,» Orizaola explains.

This shows that scars are capable of producing chemical signals, albeit faint ones, that permit axons to grow over them.

These symptoms are the result of the loss of specialized cells in an area of the brain called the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) that specialize in producing the chemical signal - molecule dopamine and are responsible for turning off excess firing of neurons that control muscles.

Fat cells produce chemical signals that promote chronic inflammation; therefore, the more fat cells you have, the more inflamed you're going to be.5 Decreasing inflammation, weight loss and repairing tissue are at the crux of any treatment protocol for these chronic health conditions.

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In principle, Soloveichik says, the same formula can be used to produce more complex behavior, such as changing the clock's speed in response to chemical signals.

Parkinson's disease is caused by the death of neurons in the brain that produce dopamine, a chemical that shuttles signals between neurons and is responsible for controlling the body's movement.

Male wasps normally seek out females by sniffing for their pheromones, signaling chemicals that they produce.

To test this type of communication in a 3 - D structure, they printed a thin sheet of hydrogel filaments with «input,» or signal - producing bacteria and chemicals, overlaid with another layer of filaments of an «output,» or signal - receiving bacteria.

Autoinducers (chemical signaling molecules that produce more of themselves inside the cell) control the switch that turns the light genes off and on.

Incoming sounds produce chemical nerve signals that can excite a neuron to fire a new signal or inhibit it from firing.

To coordinate their collective behavior, all cells must be able to perceive and assess the level of the chemical signal, but not all need to produce it.

To produce the cells, the Salk scientists developed a combination of chemical signals that directed human stem cells in a laboratory dish to become spatially oriented.

Seiden, 72, was one of the world's experts on how drugs, especially the amphetamines, could selectively damage certain neurons, particularly those that produced the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin — chemical signals that relay messages within the brain.

Registry parts include operators, which are segments of DNA to which repressor proteins bind to prevent gene transcription; cell - cell signaling elements, which produce defined outputs in response to specific chemical inputs; and riboregulators, which can be used to suppress the expression of particular genes by preventing translation of proteins they express.

«The bacteria themselves appear to [produce] signaling chemicals that regulate our appetite, satiety and digestion,» Pollan says.

That said, there is more and more research coming out each day about how chemical reactions in the gut produce signaling chemicals that effect how our brains work, like seratonin.

If you eat a healthy, balanced breakfast, it sends the right signals to your body to produce the right amount of chemicals and hormones for you to be energized, happy, and focused.

Chronic inflammation occurs when your body receives on - going stress signals that activate the immune system to continue producing inflammatory chemicals.

When we are faced with a threat, stress hormones are produced that send chemical signals throughout the body, including to the brain.

Animals produce natural hormones that carry chemical signals capable of influencing the behavior of other animals within the same species.

Lactobacillus bacteria are capable of producing gamma - aminobutyric acid (GABA), one of the main chemical used to transmit signals in the brain, and an increase in GABA levels in the GI tract is associated with increased levels in the brain.

This tissue can then grow and respond to chemical signals from the brain to produce the hormones that cause the heat cycle.

This organ detects pheromones — a fancy name for chemical communication signals — that are produced from other animals of the same species.