Sentences with phrase «transmit chemical signals»

Neurons transmit chemical signals in a fleeting «kiss - and - run» process, which in large part determines how quickly neurons can fire, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute...

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These thin, tubelike structures transmit electrical and chemical signals that are vital for carrying information among different regions of the brain.

Both use an array of chemical messengers to transmit signals throughout a cellular web.

Nerve cells in the brain, or neurons, are known to communicate among themselves by transmitting electrical signals, aided by chemical signaling at the synapses connecting the neurons.

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.

The researchers speculated that brain cells might be particularly reliant on their mitochondria to power the production and recycling of the chemical signals they use to transmit information.

Studies in animals indicated that in branches of the nerve that exit from the back of the brain and wrap around various parts of the face and head, overactive cells would respond to typically benign lights, sounds and smells by releasing chemicals that transmit pain signals and cause migraine.

Mice, like many other animals, use chemicals known as pheromones to transmit sexual signals, among others.

We therefore wanted to know whether dodder can transmit insect feeding - induced signals among different hosts and whether these signals can even activate defenses against insects,» explains Jianqiang Wu, who worked at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology as a PhD student and later a project leader, and who is now heading a Max Planck Partner Group in China.

Nerve cells communicate by transmitting chemical and electrical signals.

How exactly the drug works is not understood, although it's believed that it calms down hyperactive neurons and could affect the release of neurotransmitters, which are chemicals in the brain that transmit signals from one neuron to another.

These chemical messengers transmit signals throughout the body and play a large role in controlling behavior, emotion, and physical activity.

This affects dopamine tolerance (note: dopamine is a neurotransmitter, one of those chemicals that is responsible for transmitting signals in between the neurons of the brain) and makes you feel like you have to eat more.

Estrogen influences serotonin, an important brain chemical that transmits signals, including to the tongue and palate.

Neurotransmitters are endogenous (internal) chemicals that transmit signals from a neuron to a target cell across a synapse, potentiating some kind of action, whether it be inhibitory or excitatory.

It's believed that capsaicin short - circuits pain by depleting nerve cells of a chemical called substance P (which helps transmit pain signals along nerve endings to the brain).

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

Lactobacillus bacteria are capable of producing gamma - aminobutyric acid (GABA), one of the main chemical used to transmit signals in the brain, and an increase in GABA levels in the GI tract is associated with increased levels in the brain.

Chemicals that allow the brain to communicate and function by transmitting the electrical signals.

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers found throughout the body that transmit signals from one nerve cell to another.