Sentences with phrase «secreted by neurons»
Normally, the protein is secreted by neurons when they are stimulated, which is thought to help strengthen synapses.
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They discovered that pheromones secreted by the male mouse activate these neurons which, in turn, transmit this signal to another population of neurons (gonadotropin - releasing hormone neurons) to drive attraction to the opposite sex.
Rather, the group speculates that the transplanted cells secreted protective neurotrophins, proteins that promote cell survival by keeping neurons from inducing apoptosis (programmed cell death).
Allen previously discovered a class of proteins secreted by astrocytes that help neurons form active connections, known as synapses.
In neurons, the protein complexin clamps otherwise spontaneous fusion by SNARE proteins, allowing neurotransmitters and other mediators to be secreted when and where they are needed as this clamp is released.
Neurons try to avoid this damage by secreting these lipids, and apolipoproteins — proteins that transport lipids — carry them to glia cells.
But a broad range of brain disorders may be treatable by blocking astrocytes» metamorphosis into toxic cells, or by pharmaceutically countering the neuron - killing toxin those harmful cells almost certainly secrete.
Astrocytes, one type of glial cells are the supporting cells for survival and function of neurons in the brain by secreting many kinds of neuroprotective molecules.
This protein is secreted in large quantities by neurons in response to stressors.
AN insidious type of brain tumour cuts a swathe through the brain by secreting a compound that makes healthy neurons self - destruct.
Multiple types of neurons communicate by secreting the same major chemical messengers: serotonin (red), dopamine and norepinephrine (yellow) and acetylcholine (cyan).
Most mutations cause haploinsufficiency of progranulin, a secreted glycoprotein that is expressed throughout the body, and in the brain is expressed by neurons and microglia (Bateman and Bennett, 2009; Petkau et al., 2010).
«It was surprising to discover that these neurons are involved not only in the control of the intake, which was already known, but also involved in the control of the amount of insulin secreted by the beta cells of the pancreas,» explains Zorzano, Head of the Laboratory of Complex Metabolic Diseases and Mitochondria at IRB Barcelona.