Sentences with phrase «through chemical signals»

Cells communicate with each other through chemical signals.

Neurons communicate with each other through chemical signals that are released from one nerve terminal (pre-synapse) and received by another (post-synapse).

«Plants and their microbial neighbors have this beautifully complex and intricate system of communicating through chemical signals, with each trying to manipulate the situation to maximize their own fitness,» Bais says.

Angelfish also communicate social status through chemical signals contained in the urine and bile they release into the water.

One way the social wasps have found to increase the efficiency of their defence is through chemical signals, called alarm pheromones, which are used to rouse the colony to action and mark intruders for attack.

Jennifer Barone wrote about how plants detect and respond to changes in the world around them and even communicate with their neighbors through chemical signals.

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Bees communicate in large part through chemical pheromones, with different odors signaling everything from alarm to an individual bee's status.

By analyzing chemical changes of the IRS - 2 protein in immortalized cultures of human white blood cells, it determined that IRS - 2 appeared in two different forms — «on,» which allows the signal to pass through, and «off,» which stops the signal from activating the cells into M2 macrophages.

Radio signals won't travel through a liquid, and chemical forms of communication work only across large or microscopic distances.

Ultimately, these neurons form a circuit between the brain and the target tissue through which chemical and electrical signals are relayed.

The researchers have some evidence that S. gallolyticus may also work through other chemical signaling pathways to enhance colon cancer growth.

In the brains of all vertebrates, information is transmitted through synapses, a mechanism that allows an electric or chemical signal to be passed from one brain cell to another.

«This suggests that males rather may be uniquely exploiting females» interest in food through their gift - giving behaviour,» says co-author Michelle Beyer, who adds that females might also have learnt to ignore chemical signals, because males deceive them about the quality of the food hidden in the silk - wrapped gifts presented to them.

Some of the pinpointed genes are known to be involved in the function of synapses, tiny connectors that allow brain cells to communicate with each other through electrical and chemical signals.

The stem cells may also send chemical signals that travel through the blood and stimulate recovery of inflamed or injured sites, or encourage connections to form where there were none, she says.

Neurons communicate with each other through chemical and electrical signals that can be excitatory (activating) or inhibitory (deactivating), depending on their class: Pyramidal cells are excitatory neurons whilst interneurons are inhibitory.

But to reveal synapses — the minute signalling junctions through which electrical or chemical signals flow — nanometer - resolution electron microscopy is required.

The group has found that a broad range of potential physical, chemical and biological markers characterise the Anthropocene, the clearest global markers being radionuclide fallout signals from nuclear testing and changes in carbon chemistry through fossil fuel burning — these in particular show marked changes starting in the early to mid-1950s.

By defining the processes behind these cellular signals, the blueprint for the heart, we hope to one day recreate them through chemical methods — using drug cocktails to coax stem cells into becoming heart cells at just the right time and place.

These small molecules exhibit fascinating chemical diversity and regulate lifespan, reproduction, behavior and many other traits, often through signaling pathways that are shared throughout the animal kingdom.

Everything in your body, from the tissue that supports your skeleton to the neurons that fire signals from your brain to your feet run on the energy that's created by the food we eat, and I personally would prefer to have body tissue made from real, whole foods than tissue constantly bombarded by chemical byproducts of food processing from something that came out of a box and went through a factory full of chemicals and processes I'd never even see or hear about.

The pituitary gland receives the signals from the hypothalamus (corticotropin releasing hormone — CRH) and sends its own chemical signals to the adrenal cortex through a hormone called adrenal corticol tropic hormone (ACTH) in order to form the appropriate responses to the environmental stimuli.

Let me see if I can frame your argument accurately: basically you are saying that improper insulin (and leptin) signalling is the root of many diseases (and even aging itself) and that frequent surges in insulin, as caused through carbohydrate consumption will tend to reduce sensitivity, or reduce how effectively these chemicals are «heard» by the cells.

Almost one third of the brain is composed of neurons, cells that transmit information through electrical and chemical signals with a seemingly unconscious intelligence.

Although the production of chemical signals, their perception through olfactory processes, and the behavioral response to these signals plays a central role in domesticated cat communication and behavior (especially social behavior), the function, scope and importance of these abilities are often not given the same level of attention dedicated to other domesticated species (e.g. dogs or pigs), which may lead some to erroneously underestimate the significance of this communication modality in cats.