Sentences with phrase «regulates brain and nerve»

It is considered an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which means it regulates brain and nerve cell activity by inhibiting the number of neurons firing in the brain.

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Eicosonoids from Omega - 3's are hormone - like compounds that help regulate blood pressure, blood clotting, aid in growth and development of cells, needed for vision and brain development, and maturation of nerves.

Clapcote reckons the gene helps regulate sodium and potassium levels in brain nerve cells.

Scores of laboratories at universities and in private industry are uncovering how to use these cells, which transform into neurons, astrocytes (the cells that regulate transmission of electrical impulses in the brain) and oligodendrocytes (which insulate nerve fibers with a fatty coating).

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 drug targets the brain and nerves that regulate the upper airway muscles.

BREATHLESS Nerve endings in the lungs send signals — triggered by force - detecting proteins — to the brain and spinal cord that help regulate breathing.

«To the extent that psychiatric or neurological disease is localized to a specific part of the brain, we should now be considering the potentially specialized type of astrocytes regulating nerve connections in that region and their contributions to disease,» he said.

There is a sensory branch of the vagus in the outer ear and, by sending electrical current down the nerves and into the brain, researchers were able to influence outflows from the brain that regulate the heart.

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made an important breakthrough in our understanding of Parkin — a protein that regulates the repair and replacement of nerve cells within the brain.

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.

The peripheral nervous system of vertebrate animals includes three kinds of nerve cells: sensory neurons, which transmit impulses from sensory receptor structures to the brain; motor neurons, which innervate the striated, or skeletal, muscles, and autonomic neurons, which regulate the functional activity of the circulatory system, the organs, the glands and the smooth muscles (such as those of the intestine).

These tissues include the trabecular meshwork, which composes the drain of the eye and regulates intraocular pressure, and the optic nerve, which transmits visual information from the eye to the brain.

This is accomplished through specific combinations of exercises and breath techniques, which stimulate the nerves, brain, and the essential glands that regulate health, happiness and a sense of well - being.

Probiotics have a direct effect on brain chemistry, transmitting mood - and behavior - regulating signals to your brain via the vagus nerve, according to the latest research.

The vagus nerve has an extensive resume: It regulates heart rate and digestion, and it's the primary medium through which our belly brain regulates mood.

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A neurotransmitter — a chemical that transfers nerve impulses from one nerve fiber to another — dopamine controls the reward and pleasure centers in the brain, regulates movement and emotional responses, and controls where we focus our attention.

It's a source of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter found in the brain, spinal cord, and throughout the nervous system, which helps to regulate memory and transmit nerve messages from cell to cell.