Spanish / Español Select a language: vesícula vesicle [ˈvesɪkl]N→vesículaf Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005 ...
The body’s chief control center, containing billions of interconnected nerve cells. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus Noun 1. brain - that part of the central...
Cells around a brain metastasis in an animal model: several brain cells (astrocytes, white) surround an immune system cell (lymphocyte, green). Some of them have started to activate the factor (red) inducing molecule TIMP1, which will enable them to disable the action of the lymphocyte agains...
CHICAGO, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- A study posted on the website of the University of Chicago (UChicago) shows that in genetic forms of Alzheimer's, a process called neurogenesis, the creation of new brain cells, can be disrupted by the brain's own immune cells. Previous research has shown ...
Neurons (cells in the brain and central nervous system) communicate with each other via long fibers called axons. Diffuse axonal injury results from microscopic tearing of these axons caused by stretching and twisting the brain. Torn axons release chemicals that are toxic to nearby neurons, creating...
Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and artist Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) was fascinated by the brain.
This new study comes after the team has identified cannabinoid receptors located on the membrane of the mitochondria within astrocytes. Among other functions, these cells play a very important role in energy metabolism of the brain. They capture glucose from the blood and metabolize it into lactate...
How Your Brain Makes Its Own Electricity: With Joe Hanson. The cells in our bodies can communicate by exchanging chemicals. But that's too slow when quick action is needed. That's why neuron's use electricity. This is how they do it.
The new treatment does not only reduce the toxicity of current anti-cancer drugs, but also allows them to be transported into the interior of the cancerous cells with greater ease. "The secret of this material is that it becomes insoluble in the acid atmosphere of the digestive tract, allowi...
Oligodendrocyte precursor cell (OPC) migration is a mechanism involved in remyelination; these cells migrate from niches in the adult CNS. However, age and disease reduce the pool of OPCs; as a result, the remyelination capacity of the CNS decreases over time. Several experimental studies have...