Sentences with phrase «regulate synapse»
Astrocytes are responsible, for example, for the energy production of the brain, ion and pH balance, and they regulate synapse formation, the connections between neurons.
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The gaps help to regulate signaling in the brain, and the bridges are the «connection across a synapse [that] is the release key that fits into a very specific lock to initiate the next step.»
«Up - regulating MHCI is essential for the maternal immune response, but changing MHCI activity in the fetal brain when synaptic connections are being formed could potentially affect synapse density,» Boulanger said.
MHCI limits synapse density by inhibiting insulin receptors, which regulate the body's sugar metabolism and, in the brain, promote synapse formation.
Astrocytes, named for their star - like shape, are ubiquitous brain cells known for regulating excitatory synapse formation through cells.
«If you have high levels of this synapse - building, inflammation - regulating protein, you may not have as much, if any, change in your memory,» he said.
The mutation, which has been found in people with ADHD, autism and bipolar disorder, affects the function of DAT, a protein that regulates the brain's supply of the neurotransmitter by removing excess dopamine from the synapse, or the space between nerve cells.
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen - 4 accumulation in the immunological synapse is regulated by TCR signal strength.
The c - Abl tyrosine kinase regulates actin remodeling at the immune synapse.
Hematopoietic Lineage Cell - Specific Protein 1 Is Recruited to the Immunological Synapse by IL -2-Inducible T Cell Kinase and Regulates Phospholipase Cγ1 Microcluster Dynamics during T Cell Spreading.
However, while these proteins regulate signaling on one end of the axon, the synapse, they are produced on the opposite end, the cell body.
Identification and characterization of astrocyte - secreted signals that regulate neuronal synapse number and strength during development
Farhy - Tselnicker I, van Casteren ACM, Lee A, Chang VT, Radu Aricescu A, Allen NJ (2017) Astrocyte - Secreted Glypican 4 Regulates Release of Neuronal Pentraxin 1 from Axons to Induce Functional Synapse Formation.
Interactions between intercellular adhesion molecule - 5 (ICAM - 5) and ß1 integrins regulate neuronal synapse formation.
Astrocytes can regulate neuronal synapses by secreting factors that affect both synapse formation and synaptic function.