Sentences with phrase «transmitting signals in the brain»

The scientists have used supporting cells of the central nervous system, glial cells, to regenerate healthy, functional neurons, which are critical for transmitting signals in the brain.

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.

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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.

We perceive sound after vibrations in the inner ear are detected by «hair cells» and transmitted to the brain as electrical signals.

Dulac and her colleagues tracked brain activity in the medial amygdala, an almond - shaped structure that transmits smell signals to the hypothalamus.

Unfortunately, most of the loss is in gray matter, the critically important part of the brain composed of neurons, the cells that transmit the signals that keep us breathing and thinking.

When exposed to capsaicin, these receptors open to allow in sodium and calcium ions, causing the receptors to transmit that hot signal to the brain.

In the new study, the team focused on neurons called amacrine cells and horizontal cells, which have a known role in «preprocessing» — or adjusting — electrical signals transmitted to the brain from the photoreceptors after they have been stimulated by light photonIn the new study, the team focused on neurons called amacrine cells and horizontal cells, which have a known role in «preprocessing» — or adjusting — electrical signals transmitted to the brain from the photoreceptors after they have been stimulated by light photonin «preprocessing» — or adjusting — electrical signals transmitted to the brain from the photoreceptors after they have been stimulated by light photons.

Individual antennas in system transmit, in sequence, a weak microwave signals through the brain, while the other receiving antennas measure the reflected signals.

Scientists in the US are planning to map the brain activity of the dragonfly as it hunts, using a specially built backpack to transmit electrical signals from the insect's active neurons to a computer.

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.

The researchers also investigated how pheromone signals are transmitted through the olfactory circuit in the brain.

Working with an animal model, the researchers found that a type of cell present in the brain's primary processing area during early development, long thought to form structural scaffolding with no role in transmitting sensory information, may conduct such signals after all.

Conventional wisdom suggested that mammalian brains transmit their first sensory signals in response to sound after the thalamus fully connects to the cerebral cortex.

In addition, the ability to transmit electrical signals involved in learning and memory — a sign of a healthy brain — was impaired, even in mice that had been joined for just four monthIn addition, the ability to transmit electrical signals involved in learning and memory — a sign of a healthy brain — was impaired, even in mice that had been joined for just four monthin learning and memory — a sign of a healthy brain — was impaired, even in mice that had been joined for just four monthin mice that had been joined for just four months.

For the new study, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), an MRI technique that measures the integrity of white matter — the brain's signal - transmitting nerve fibers — to see if injuries to the nerves may be the root cause of these post-traumatic depression and anxiety symptoms.

Shlizerman's collaborators, including Steven Reppert at the University of Massachusetts, recorded signals from antennae nerves in monarchs as they transmitted clock information to the brain as well as light information from the eyes.

To find the new mutation, the scientists looked at five key genes that play a role in phototransduction, or the process by which light signals are transmitted through the eye to the brain.

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.

In the absence of that protein, other proteins involved in transmitting signals between neurons in the brain are overproduced, notably mGluR5, a receptor for the neurotransmitter glutamatIn the absence of that protein, other proteins involved in transmitting signals between neurons in the brain are overproduced, notably mGluR5, a receptor for the neurotransmitter glutamatin transmitting signals between neurons in the brain are overproduced, notably mGluR5, a receptor for the neurotransmitter glutamatin the brain are overproduced, notably mGluR5, a receptor for the neurotransmitter glutamate.

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.

Across a range of disorders, deep - brain stimulation works much the same way: A pacemaker - like device in the chest transmits a signal to the implanted electrode via wires that run underneath the scalp.

They receive and process signals from the retina's light - detecting cells, the rods and the cones, and transmit them to another set of cells that, in turn, transfer the information to the brain.

A well - known example of this is when the spinal cord continues to transmit signals even when the brain is no longer involved, as in the headless chicken running around the farmyard.

«Almost nothing is known» about the molecular and cellular mechanism by which water is detected in the mouth and throat, and the neural pathway by which that signal is transmitted to the brain, says Zachary Knight, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco.

When these photoreceptors detect light, they send a signal to specialized neurons in the retina called retinal ganglion cells, or RGCs, which then transmit visual information to the brain by firing electrical pulses along the optic nerve.

Neurons, or nerve cells, in the brain communicate with each other by transmitting electric signals, or firing action potentials, through long processes named axons (which send out signals) and dendrites (which receive signals).

The researchers injured the mice retinas with a toxin that causes cell death in retinal ganglion cells and interneurons, another type of retinal cell whose job it is to transmit signals from photoreceptors to the brain.

The FUS protein normally plays a key role in the healthy functioning of neurons, which transmit nerve signals in the brain and spinal cord.

«Therefore, changes in the genes influence the brain's wiring by altering the synapse and shaping how neurons transmit signals to each other.»

The BrainGate research was praised for «enabling a new understanding of human brain function and the development of a novel, fully - implanted platform neurotechnology capable of wirelessly transmitting large numbers of neural signals from multiple types of sensors for use in Brain Computer Interface, epilepsy monitoring, and neuromodulation applications.&rbrain function and the development of a novel, fully - implanted platform neurotechnology capable of wirelessly transmitting large numbers of neural signals from multiple types of sensors for use in Brain Computer Interface, epilepsy monitoring, and neuromodulation applications.&rBrain Computer Interface, epilepsy monitoring, and neuromodulation applications.»

«The ultimate strategy is to have a device that you can place in the brain — or in other organs in the body — that is entirely implanted, intimately connected with the organ you want to monitor and can transmit signals wirelessly to provide information on the health of that organ, allowing doctors to intervene if necessary to prevent bigger problems,» said co-first author Rory K. J. Murphy, M.D., in a press release.

Garrison is interested in a large class of signaling molecules called neuropeptides which are secreted from neurons and transmit messages within the brain and across the nervous system.

Eventually the paintings emerge, but the little bubbles, as we call them, are stimulating specific types of retinal ganglion cells in very specific ways, which is necessary, we know from other studies, to encourage their ongoing health by transmitting electrical signals down their axons to the brain.

Myelin enables neuronal signals to be transmitted more rapidly, and neuronal fibers to be connected to distant targets in a more organized way, with minimal volume expansion of the brain.

In a paper being published online today in the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell, Sheng Ding, PhD, reveals efficient and robust methods for transforming adult skin cells into neurons that are capable of transmitting brain signals, marking one of the first documented experiments for transforming an adult human's skin cells into functioning brain cellIn a paper being published online today in the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell, Sheng Ding, PhD, reveals efficient and robust methods for transforming adult skin cells into neurons that are capable of transmitting brain signals, marking one of the first documented experiments for transforming an adult human's skin cells into functioning brain cellin the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell, Sheng Ding, PhD, reveals efficient and robust methods for transforming adult skin cells into neurons that are capable of transmitting brain signals, marking one of the first documented experiments for transforming an adult human's skin cells into functioning brain cells.

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.

When we develop habits, we create little neuropathways in our brain that transmit signals.

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.

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, and as such its job is to transmit signals from one nerve cell to another in your brain.

DHA is active in the membrane of ion channels in the brain, making it easier for them to change shape and transmit electrical signals, and is involved in serotonin metabolism (reduced serotonin production and / or activity is a key factor in depression).

Over 20 years ago, neuroimaging demonstrated that both sides of the brain are in constant communication, transmitting neural signals from one hemisphere to the other.

The most popular hypothesis about the cause of motion sickness is that humans and animals become nauseated when mixed sensory signals are transmitted to the brain, such as when the eyes tell the brain that the body is not moving, but the inner ears sense motion.2 For example, when a person is on a boat, he or she may be at ease on the top deck because the horizon provides a solid visual reference indicating that the boat is moving, which matches the sensation in the inner ears.

It also transmits signals in reverse like sensory information from nerve endings to the brain, and it coordinates certain reflexes too.

Each need originates from nerve - based circuits in the brain that connect electrochemical signals, meaning nerve cells transmit messages to each other until specific parts of your body receive the information needed to perform the behavior to get your need met.