Sentences with phrase «transmit pain signals»

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).

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.

By charting the spinal circuits that process and transmit pain signals in mice, the study, published online November 20, 2014 in Cell, lays the groundwork for identifying ways to treat pain disorders that have no clear physical cause.

Advances in understanding the cells and molecules that transmit pain signals are providing new targets for drugs that could relieve various kinds of pain — including those poorly controlled by existing therapies

One theory is that this stimulation depletes the nerves of Substance P, a neuropeptide that transmits pain signals to the brain, which then reduces pain and irritation in a treated area.

The spinal cord transmits pain signals to the brain, where they are consciously perceived.

Members of the GDNF family support the survival of sensory neurons that transmit the pain signal and p75 enhances this survival - promoting effect by interacting with Ret.

Chronic pain can be viewed as a learned memory: In the way that repetition of a piano piece enables you to learn it by facilitating transmission of the appropriate signals through your neurons, pain that persists can become chronic because your neurons become more efficient at transmitting pain signals.

The channels transmit a pain signal if exposed to acid.

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Previous research by Lee's lab had shown that p75 is involved in a signaling pathway that regulates the development of sensory neurons — cells which transmit our sensation of pain, touch and muscle tension — in the dorsal root ganglia.

After the current was stopped, the signal from the pain - transmitting neurons remained blocked for another two minutes, whereas the signal from the feeling sensory neurons quickly came back.

The application of counter-pressure can help negate this outward force by temporarily blocking the pain signals transmitted to the pooch's brain with an entirely different signal.