Sentences with phrase «response to signals»

The study focused on a small subset of nuclear receptors, a large family of proteins that regulate gene expression in response to signals from various binding partners, including steroids and fats.

Once connected, those muscles contract in response to signals from the brain meant for the absent limbs.

Single letters are displayed on a computer monitor at 3 varied rates, and participants are required to push a button in response to all signals except the target signal.

In response to this signal blood vessels grow into the eyes in an attempt to heal the «injury» quickly.

A mother's consistent response to these signals is necessary for the infant's physical survival and healthy psychological development.

And though we can't tell them what to do directly, they grow — or diminish — in response to the signals we send.

Without the TrkB receptor, spine growth did not occur in response to the signaling chemical, the group found.

To trace the lineage of liver cells, scientists used a telltale marker — the cells» response to signals delivered by a known stem - cell regulator called Wnt.

Those who had eaten the large serving were more likely to report feeling full — a predictable response to the signals sent out by the stomach and gut following a meal, the researchers say.

Advance Brake Assist: If inadequate force is applied to brakes in response to signal from Full - speed Forward Collision Warning - Plus, Advance Brake Assist increases brake force automatically

After that, the fat will regenerate in response to the signals from those follicles.»

One had to wait for internals to deteriorate explicitly before taking hard - defensive action in response to those signals.

Of these two modes of psychic activity, the intelligent interpretation and response to signals was prior, since it was in continuity with animal existence.

The intelligent interpretation and response to signals, on the other hand, originated in the receptive consciousness.

The Rainforest Alliance currently does not take action in response to these signals.

«We think of transporters, and of microrobots that doctors could inject into veins to search for cancer cells, or deliver drugs, or maybe smart materials that can change in response to a signal.»

In response to a signal from precancerous tissue, however, the antibodies induce the innate system to collaborate in cancer development.

However, Dr Pullen and his team present evidence that plant growth is actually «sink - limited,» meaning that genetic regulation and cell division rates have a much bigger role in controlling plant growth than previously thought: «We are proposing that plant growth is not physically limited by Net Primary Productivity (NPP) or the environment, but instead is limited genetically in response to these signals to ensure they do not become limiting.»

«The interesting thing about this finding is that if the same thing happens in humans, eating junk food may change our responses to signals associated with food rewards,» says UNSW Professor Morris.

This involves synaptic depression, where brain cells fire less in response to some signals.

Shank3 is a scaffold protein, meaning it helps to organize hundreds of other proteins clustered on the postsynaptic cell membrane, which are required to coordinate the cell's response to signals from the presynaptic cell.

Now imagine being able to decipher what's going on inside cells simply by looking at them and watching the proteins and organelles shift in response to signals.

In response to signals from inside and outside cells, transcription factors attach to the DNA and cause specific genes to be more or less activated, producing more or less of the corresponding protein.

Australian neurophysiologist John Eccles and his colleagues in 1951 first managed to insert miniscule - tipped probes called microelectrodes directly into a neuron from the central nervous system to measure its responses to signals from neighboring neurons.

In response to a signal from the brain, hormones are secreted directly into the blood by the glands in the endocrine system that are responsible for producing and storing them.

In response to signals from other organs, your body fat produces hormones that help with a variety of important functions, from blood clotting to sex hormone metabolism.

The thyroid gland sits on the neck and, in response to a signal from the brain, makes thyroid hormone — T3 and T4 — that stimulates the cells to burn energy.

«In this study, we discovered that T - bet is the key gene that instructs precursor cells to develop into ILCs, which it does in response to signals in the food we eat and to bacteria in the gut,» Dr Belz said.

Cortisol is made in the adrenal glands, two endocrine glands located on each kidney, in response to signals from the brain that perceive stress in our environments and bodies.

Similarly, on the demand — or customer — side, the idea is that Californians, buildings, appliances and electric vehicles create an intricate, synergetic web that can be made more efficient and flexible with customer education and empowerment, customer - focused energy pricing policies and demand - response programs (which allows customers to voluntarily reduce peak electricity use in response to a signal from their electric utilities and receive a payment for doing so).

The epigenome, on the other hand, can change rapidly in response to signals from the environment.