Sentences with phrase «spaces between brain cells»
The researchers also observed that the interstitial spaces between brain cells became much larger during sleep, allowing fluid to flow more freely.
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«The viruses collect in the spaces between brain cells during the early stages of infection,» Harris said.
Needless to say, if the dominant society of human consciousness is small enough to flit through the empty spaces between the brain cells, it must be very small indeed — too small certainly to be seen by the naked eye.
Whitehead's answer is that they are in the «interstices» of the brain, i.e., in the empty spaces between the brain cells.
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promoting new connections between brain cells and giving us the time and space we need to think.
«A look at the space between mouse brain cells.»
Between the brain's neurons and glial cells is a critical but understudied structure that's been called neuroscience's final frontier: the extracellular space.
New research by University of Rochester neurologist Maiken Nedergaard suggests that during sleep, brain cells shrink, expanding the space between them to allow fluids to pass through and remove toxic waste.
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 SPG cell layer, which is adjacent to the neurons of the brain, forms septate junctions, which function as a barrier to separate the humoral space and the brain, analogously to the mammalian tight junctions formed between endothelial cells.
The researchers were specifically looking at levels of beta - amyloid deposits in spaces between nerve cells as well as tangles, knotted threads of the tau protein inside brain cells.
While you sleep, your brain cells get smaller to increase the space between them so the toxins can easily be flushed in to the blood and filtered through the liver and kidneys.