Sentences with phrase «single human brain cells»

That's because most studies on single human brain cells use dead rather than living tissue, and many others rely on cells from common laboratory animals, especially mice.

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In a famous set of experiments in human subjects in 2005, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga found that pictures of actor Jennifer Aniston activated a single brain cell in the hippocampus region — the so - called Jennifer Aniston neuron.

At a symposium at The American Society of Human Genetics here last month, they reported zooming in on the genes expressed in a single brain cell, as well as panning out to understand how genes foster connections among far - flung brain regions.

The scientists used the new indexing method on several human cell lines and from a mouse brain to reveal the methylome of 3,282 single cells.

The theme for today's SciLifeLab Science Summit was single cell analyses, from microbes to human brain.

In contrast to mouse vRGs, which produce 10 to 100 daughter cells during brain development, a single human oRG can produce thousands of daughter neurons, as well as glial cells — non-neuronal brain cells increasingly recognized as being responsible for a broad array of maintenance functions in the brain.

We are using a new technique, called single cell RNA sequencing, to isolate thousands of single neurons from human brain tissue, study all the genes that are expressed in each individual cell, and make cell - to - cell comparisons between normal, early stage and late stage AD.

Production of a Quality Control Pipeline for Single Nuclei RNA - seq and Its Application in the Analysis of Cell Type Diversity of Post-Mortem Human Brain Neocortex

Three recent experimental studies focused on low consumption / exposure.949596 In one study, 29 smokers each consumed a single cigarette, immediately after which they had a significant decrease in blood vessel output power and significant increase in blood vessel ageing level and remaining blood volume 25 minutes later, as markers of atherosclerosis.94 In another study, human coronary artery endothelial cells were exposed to the smoke equivalent to one cigarette, which led to activation of oxidant stress sensing transcription factor NFR2 and up - regulation of cytochrome p450, considered to have a role in the development of heart disease.95 These effects were not seen when heart cells were exposed to the vapour from one e - cigarette.95 A study exposed adult mice to low intensity tobacco smoke (two cigarettes) for one to two months and found adverse histopathological effects on brain cells.96

390/12: 15 Single - cell RNA - Seq of human Cajal - Retzius neurons in developing brain.

The human brain is over 65 percent fat, our hormones are made from fat, and so is the outer layer of every single cell in the body.

But here the Hulk is portrayed as a more «human» character instead of the single - brain - celled creature he is usually portrayed as in the comics.