Sentences with phrase «transmission of neural signals»
Schwann cells form a protective myelin sheath around nerves, which acts as insulation to ensure rapid transmission of neural signals to limbs and other parts of the body.
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«Such losses are particularly critical in the auditory system, because they reduce the temporal precision of signal transmission — and the quality of our perception of the acoustic environment is primarily dependent on rates of action potential generation and precise neural computation of their temporal sequences.»
A team led by Peggy Compton of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., meanwhile, is investigating a pain and antiseizure drug called gabapentin that may block neural transmission to reduce excessive pain signals.
The transmission of neural impulses between the touch - sensitive neurons in the skin and the spinal cord neurons that relay touch signals to the brain was also abnormal.
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a small smart chip that can be paired with neural implants for efficient wireless transmission of brain signals.
Journal coverage includes basic signaling interests (e.g. neurotransmitters, ions and ion channels, receptors and messenger molecules, and kinases / phosphatases), as well as electrical signaling, signaling in neural circuits, neuroimaging, signaling aspects of pathologies, synaptic transmission and plasticity, and therapeutic intervention.