Sentences with phrase «reduce brain and spinal cord»

Background: Neural stem cells can reduce brain and spinal cord inflammation in animal models of MS Macrophages, called «eater» cells of the immune...

«This means Ind - Cl works in two ways: through the immune system in terms of reducing brain and spinal cord inflammation, and directly by remyelinating the axons.

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«Opioids have both analgesic and rewarding effects and they have these effects through mu opioid receptors and these receptors are expressed in pain terminals in the spinal cord and in areas of the brain that regulate pain but are also expressed in areas that regulate reward and a sense of pleasure,» Boyle said, referring to cells found in a person's central nervous system that bind to naturally occurring opioid compounds and reduce pain and make people feel much better.

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

This promises to make proton therapy an option for thousands more cancer patients by reducing the risks of healthy tissue being damaged during treatment, particularly in vulnerable parts of the body such as the brain, eye and spinal cord.

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