Sentences with phrase «specialized nerve cells»

The vestibular apparatus consists of several fluid - filled canals that contain specialized nerve cells and receptors.

Neurona's initial aim is to develop therapeutic compositions of specialized nerve cells for targeted delivery into the injured nervous system.

Specialized nerve cells in the spinal cord of mice (seen here, in red) block the itching sensation caused by something lightly touching or scratching the skin.

Specialized nerve cells, known as somatostatin - expressing (Sst) interneurons, in the outer part of the mammalian brain, or cerebral cortex, play a key role in controlling how information flows in the brain when it is awake and alert.

Specialized nerve cells, known as somatostatin - expressing (Sst) interneurons, in the outer part of the mammalian brain (or cerebral cortex)-- play a key role in controlling how information flows in the brain when it is awake and alert.

Grid cells and other specialized nerve cells in the brain, known as «place cells,» comprise the brain's inner GPS, the discovery of which earned British - American and Norwegian scientists this year's Nobel Prize for medicine.

Duke University biologist Pelin Volkan and colleagues have identified a set of genetic control switches that interact early in a fly's development to generate dozens of types of olfactory neurons, specialized nerve cells for smell.

The basic unit of the brain is called a neuron, which is a specialized nerve cell.

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It reveals specialized cells in the brains of mice dividing to create newborn nerve cells.

The back - and - forth attachment and removal of methyl groups also fine - tunes gene expression in stem cells, which can mature, specialize and multiply to become muscle, bone, nerve, or other cell types.

Understanding this process - which is particularly important when cells are first taking on specialized identities such as nerve cells, muscle, skin, and so on - helps explain how complex organisms can arise from a finite number of genes.

These sensors comprise specialized nerve endings and skin cells.

The new nerve cells were found to form specialized contacts with other cells.

The current model in neuroscience poses that memory is stored as long - lasting anatomical changes in synapses, the specialized structures by which nerve cells connect and signal to each other.

Scientists studying brain diseases may need to look beyond nerve cells and start paying attention to the star - shaped cells known as «astrocytes,» because they play specialized roles in the development and maintenance of nerve circuits and may contribute to a wide range of disorders, according to a new study by UC San Francisco researchers.

In the present work, the teams led by Michael Ewers (ISD) and EMBO Member Christian Haass (DZNE) focussed on the TREM2 protein, which functions in specialized brain immune cells called microglia that clear toxic material resulting from nerve cell injury.

When these photoreceptors detect light, they send a signal to specialized neurons in the retina called retinal ganglion cells, or RGCs, which then transmit visual information to the brain by firing electrical pulses along the optic nerve.

These hairs contain specialized neurons, nerve cells that express pheromone receptors which are activated when they bind to individual pheromone components.

Caption: Scientists have proven that these nanomaterials may regulate the formation of synapses, specialized structures through which the nerve cells communicate, and modulate biological mechanisms, such as the growth of neurons, as part of a self - regulating process.

The gene, known as gata5, acts in embryonic cells, which are primordial, unspecialized cells that form in the earliest stage of embryonic development and are genetically programmed to evolve into one of many specialized cell types, such as skeletal muscle cells, nerve cells, blood cells, skin cells, and liver cells.

Scientists have proven that these nanomaterials may regulate the formation of synapses, specialized structures through which the nerve cells communicate, and modulate biological mechanisms, such as the growth of neurons, as part of a self - regulating process.

«Without this specialized neurotransmitter recycling and endocytosis, synaptic vesicles are not recycled fast enough to keep up with nerve and muscle cell activity,» she said.

By the 1980s, it was well established that nerve cells communicate through the process of chemical synaptic transmission at specialized contacts called synapses.

This visualization shows tightly - packed DNA in a mouse cell's nucleus at different stages of development, seen here in a semi-triangular form as a mature nerve cell; in a roundish shape as a multipotent stem cell; in a more oval form as a neuronal progenitor; and as a more fragmented structure that shows how removing a specialized binding protein (HP1β knockout) affects the structure of the DNA - packing material, called heterochromatin, in a mature neuron.

Researchers used a powerful X-ray microscope at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS) to capture images of nerve cell samples at different stages of maturity as they became more specialized in their function — this process is known as «differentiation.»

The retina and optic nerve have specialized cells that manage these byproducts to prevent harmful accumulation.

Myelin is generated by specialized cells, oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal column (the central nervous system, or CNS), and Schwann cells in the network of nerves outside the CNS that connect it with the rest of the body (the peripheral nervous system).

Differentiation — A process that occurs during development by which cells take on their specialized functions, such as the ability of a red blood cell to carry oxygen or a nerve cell to send an electrical signal.

Omega - 3 fatty acids are a vital component of neuronal membranes, specifically the myelin sheath, a specialized capsular structure that runs along the length of the neuron (nerve cell).

Acupuncture points have been studied under the microscope and have been proven to be the location of bundles of specialized nerve fibers, blood vessels, and cells with special functions (ie - Mast cells, which release histamine).