Sentences with phrase «studying cell behavior»

The research team tested the hypothesis by transplanting cells onto the surface of mouse bone grafts and studying the cell behavior both in vivo — inside the animal — and in vitro — outside the body.

«These origami can be customized for use in everything from studying cell behavior to creating templates for the nanofabrication of electronic components,» says Dr. Thom LaBean, an associate professor of materials science and engineering at NC State and senior author of a paper describing the work.

Tissue engineering provides a more practical means for researchers to study cell behavior, such as cancer cell resistance to therapy, and test new drugs or combinations of drugs to treat many diseases.

Not exact matches

Even an individual cell in our bodies is a responsive entity whose behavior can be studied in tissue culture.

One study looked at behavior among mice, and concluded that males with new offspring develop new brain cells and neurons when they are physically present with their pups that do not form when they are absent.

Some studies are now showing that children with ADHD may have lower concentrations of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), particularly Omega - 3 fatty acids in their red blood cells and plasmas, and that supplementing with Omega 3 may relieve some of the symptoms and behaviors that cause them the most trouble.

Neurobiology is the study of cells of the nervous system and the organization of these cells into functional circuits that process information and mediate behavior.

As Pardridge studied the protein more carefully, he realized that it transports essential insulin into the cell and then out the other side, from which point the hormone travels into the brain to help regulate eating behavior.

Harry Grundfest also felt very strongly that the way to study the brain is one cell at a time, and he got me interested in to [a] reductionist approach to behavior, which is really the approach that I've taken since then.

The teams at AFB International and Integral Molecular studied the behavior of two different cat bitter taste receptors in cell - based experiments, investigating their responsiveness to bitter compounds, and comparing these to the human versions of these receptors.

The Campàs lab is studying several of these questions, including how limbs are built and how mechanical changes in tumors affect the behavior of malignant cells and the growth of the tumor.

For their research, Pekosz and his team, using human nasal tract cells, studied the weakened strain of the flu virus that is used in the nasal spray vaccine and compared its behavior with that of the flu virus itself.

Even short - term blockages of this kind can lead to remarkable changes in the auditory system, altering the behavior and structure of nerve cells that relay information from the ear to the brain, according to a new University at Buffalo study.

A new study shows that these cells alter their behavior and structure when the animals» hearing is blocked.

The novel experimental approach and the concept of the study itself were conceived after one of the paper's authors, Harvard University theoretical physicist Subir Sachdev, pondered the differing electron density wave behavior along the different bonds of the CuO2 unit cell.

«The genes that a taste cell expresses define essentially every aspect of that cell's behavior, from how it will respond to taste stimuli to how it will communicate with other cells,» said study co-leader Brian Lewandowski, PhD, a Monell physiologist.

«This is the first study to show the actual cell behaviors caused by mutations in genes causally linked to polycystic kidney disease, an important new step in the path towards treatment,» said Dr. Robert L. Bacallao, associate professor of medicine at the IU School of Medicine in Indianapolis.

The teams suction - cupped a cell - phone sized device called a Dtag to study how fishing lines changed the whale's diving and swimming behavior.

«This year's Nobel Laureates have been studying this fundamental problem and solved the mystery of how an inner clock in most of our cells in our bodies can anticipate daily fluctuations between night and day to optimize our behavior and physiology... since the paradigm shifting discoveries by Hall, Rosbash and Young, circadian biology has developed into a highly dynamic research field with vast implications for our health and well - being.»

In a study spanning molecular genetics, stem cells and the sciences of both brain and behavior, researchers at University of California San Diego, with colleagues at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies and elsewhere, have created a neurodevelopmental model of a rare genetic disorder that may provide new insights into the underlying neurobiology of the human social brain.

However, due to technological limitations, previous genetic studies largely focused on mixed populations of cells, obscuring critical nuances in cellular behavior.

The authors of this study combined live cell imaging with electron microscopy to observe Trichoplax feeding behavior at scales ranging from the whole animal to subcellular.

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The study, «Modulating Behavior in C.elegans Using Electroshock and Antiepileptic Drugs,» just published in PLOS One, has led the researchers to build on the current animal models for inducing seizures via electroconvulsion in the genetically modifiable C.elegans that only has 302 brain cells called neurons.

A study appearing February 25 in Cell Reports presents a new therapeutic strategy: blocking the most harmful behavior enzyme while allowing it to work normally otherwise.

Specifically, the study revealed parallels to autism in humans at the levels of brain cells, networks, and behavior, said study senior author Carlos Aizenman, associate professor of neuroscience at Brown.

In addressing the first question, the study showed that the brain's immune cells, microglia, which are known to become activated by LPS exposure as well as in most brain injuries and diseases, begin spewing out pro-inflammatory factors that change astrocytes» behavior.

In studying the functional behavior of the brain, from control of muscles to the formation of memories, scientists are using such tools such as electron microscopy, recordings of electrical signals from individual brain cells, and imaging of brain structures and processes using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and high - resolution optical imaging.

In the study, USC Stem Cell researcher Casey Brewer and colleagues in the laboratory of Rong Lu found that transplantation dose affects the behavior of blood - forming stem cells in bone marrow — called hematopoietic stem cells, or HSCs.

Thomas L. Kash, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and the lead author of the study published in the journal Cell Reports, used mice to show the effects of KORs on behavior.

Next, they hope to study exactly how PER1 controls appetite and eating behavior — whether its molecular actions work through the liver, fat cells, brain or other organs.

Cell phone conversations and child pedestrian's crossing behavior, a simulator study.

However, efforts to examine the in vitro behavior of tumor cells with endothelial cells from different anatomical regions have been prohibited because, in large part, of the limited number of organ - derived endothelial cell lines available for study.

Thomas L. Kash, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and the lead author of the study published today in the journal Cell Reports, used mice to show the effects of KORs on behavior.

But the development of new, high - resolution imaging technology able to capture single cells has finally enabled scientists to reliably chart noise at this level, and to study how it influences behavior.

Often, their behavior does not reflect their biological function within an entire organ or organism, which, for example, turns studying human liver cells into a big challenge.

Albertin is interested in the way octopuses develop from single cells to fully - fledged hatchlings, and fellow study author Yan Wang, also of the University of Chicago, told The Post she'd be studying how the octopus brain controls complex behavior, especially in relation to mating and reproduction.

LA JOLLA — In a study spanning molecular genetics, stem cells and the sciences of both brain and behavior, researchers at University of California, San Diego and the Salk Institute have created...

Our studies help in the design of biomaterials to promote bio-specific cell behavior (funded by the German Research Council SFB - TRR 67).

In particular, systems neuroscience — the study of complex interactions among brain cells that underlie perception, thought, and behavior — has witnessed unprecedented advances in monitoring and probing the brain.

In the past few years, physicists studying metastasis have generated surprisingly precise predictions of cell behavior.

Scientists at Washington University and the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign have developed a new tool to study how specific brain cells affect behavior.

«Deficient neuron - microglia signaling results in impaired functional brain connectivity and social behavior» Y. Zhan, R.C. Paolicelli, F. Sforazzini, L. Weinhard, G. Bolasco, F. Pagani, A. L. Vyssotski, A. Bifone, A. Gozzi, D. Ragozzino, C.T. Gross Nature Neuroscience 17 (3), 400-4006 (2014) «USPIO - loaded Red Blood Cells as a biomimetic MR contrast agent: a relaxometric study» A. Boni, D. Ceratti, A. Antonelli, C. Sfara, M. Magnani, E. Manuali, S. Salamida, A. Gozzi, and A. Bifone Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging 9, 229 - 236 (2014) «Distributed BOLD and CBV - weighted resting - state networks in the mouse brain» F. Sforazzini, A.J. Schwarz, A. Galbusera, A. Bifone, and A. Gozzi NeuroImage 87, 403 - 415 (2014) «Antimicrobial peptides design by evolutionary multiobject optimization» G. Maccari, M. Di Luca, R. Nifosì, F. Caldarelli, G. Signore, C. Boccardi, and A. Bifone PloS Computational Biology 9 (9): e1003212 (2013) «Differential effect of orexin - 1 and crf - 1 antagonism on stress circuits: a fMRI study in the rat with the pharmacological stressor yohimbine» A. Gozzi, S: Lepore, E: Merlo Pich, and A. Bifone Neuropsychopharmacology 38 (11): 2120 - 2130 (2013) «Water dispersal and functionalization of hydrophobic iron oxide nanoparticles with lipid - modified poly (amidoamine) dendrimers» A. Boni, L. Albertazzi, C. Innocenti, M. Gemmi, and A. Bifone.

We have a particular focus on glycosaminoglycans and have studied the role of heparan sulphate in embryonic stem cell behavior.

His efforts have pioneered the use of the three - dimensional «artificial skin» cultures to study the behavior of both tumor and normal cells that sustain tumor growth, a system known as the tumor microenvironment.

These Cre - off switches may be referred to as DO (Double - floxed Orientation) and could be used to study the physiology or behavior of certain cell populations.

The lab studies the pathways from sensory input to behavioral output by quantitative analysis of behavior under well - defined conditions, genetic manipulation of animals or individual neuronal cells, and calcium imaging from neurons in living animals.

Now, Salk Institute scientists studying roundworms suggest that, in both worms and humans, adolescent brains mature to stable adult brains by changing which brain cells they use to generate behavior.

By developing computational models that are constrained by experimental evidence (neuroimaging, single - cell recording, anatomical, lesion studies), we can generate hypothesis about how brain networks orchestrate behavior.

Studies show that human cancer cells express high levels of the fatty acid synthase enzyme, which is associated with aggressive tumor behavior and tumor - cell growth.