Nerve cells of the vagus nerve fulfill opposing tasks. ... In addition, our blood sugar level are adapted by the brain. The vagus nerve, ...

One Small Step For Neurons, One Giant Leap For Nerve Cell Repair Date: October 9, 2009 Source: McGill University Summary: The repair of damaged nerve cells is a major problem in medicine today.

If these changes are large enough, it could completely shut down signaling across nerve cells. So, the authors predicted that there would be genetic changes in voltage-gated channels in species ...

But what roles these different nerve cells play in transmitting information from the gut to the brain, and how their activity contributes to adaptations of feeding behavior and blood sugar levels ...

Scientists have identified no less than 16 distinct types of nerve cells in the human dorsal root ganglion (DRG), significantly expanding our understanding of how the human nervous system operates.

Animals and humans develop a certain tolerance to prolonged heat: the body adjusts to release heat instead of generating it, and the metabolism and cardiovascular system adapt. Researchers at the ...

Figure 1: Turning of nerve growth cones induced by a gradient of netrin-1. Figure 3: Zig-zag pathfinding of the growth cone. Figure 4: Heterologous desensitization between netrin-1 and BDNF ...

The nerve cell is extended, so that nerves can run to and from different parts of the body to the central nervous system. ... How different types of plant cells are adapted to their function.

Vagus Nerve How Vagus Nerve Messengers Tell the Brain to “Stop Eating!” Gut-brain cues to keep eating—or to stop—are sent via distinct sensory neurons.

Cancer cells can acquire energy-generating structures called mitochondria from nearby nerve cells, which seems to aid their ...

Overall, two processes appear to be involved: hypertrophy, or the enlargement of cells, and neural adaptations that enhance nerve-muscle interaction. Muscle cells subjected to regular bouts of ...

Researchers from Cologne have studied nerve cells in the control center of the vagus nerve, which detect what we eat in the gastrointestinal tract and control the feeling of satiety and blood sugar ...