Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter in the brain, meaning it is a chemical used to send messages from nerve to nerve.
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He was part of a team investigating the use of stem cells, which are able to become any other type of cell in the body from nerve to bone, taken from the amniotic fluid which surrounds a developing foetus in the womb.
They used stem cells from a human embryo, which are capable of becoming any other type of cell in the human body from nerve to skin, muscle to kidney.
By connecting leads from Cyberonics' nerve stimulator to extensions of the vagus nerve near the stomach, Roslin hopes to amplify the "I'm full" signal in obese patients, so that they don't overeat.
That serves to amplify the transmission of signals from one nerve cell to another.
Parkinson's disease stems from damage to nerve cells, which results in decreased production of the brain chemical dopamine.
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But they conjured up a try from nothing when Eves broke through the Saints defence to run in from 30m out - Barnes holding his nerve to land the conversion.
This chemical is a neurotransmitter: its molecules carry messages from one nerve cell to another.
This substance is a neurotransmitter one of several dozen chemical messengers that carry signals from one nerve cell to another.
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Millions of adult diabetics who need insulin don't take it because they hate shots, putting themselves at risk of complications ranging from nerve damage to kidney failure.
It is also backed up by work done on both people and laboratory animals, which shows that stress changes the activity of neurotransmitters, the chemicals that carry signals from one nerve cell to another in the brain.
DRD4 encodes a receptor molecule for a neurotransmitter called dopamine. (Neurotransmitters are chemicals that carry signals from one nerve cell to another.) Those with a variant of DRD4 called 7R, and also a large network of friends acquired during their adolescence, tended to be (in the American sense of the word) liberals ie, left wing.
Dr. Friedman said they can compress a major nerve, the lateral, femoral cutaneous nerve, that runs from the abdomen to the outer thigh.
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Their spinal cords, in other words, had learnt to recognise nerve signals coming from their leg muscles and to generate appropriate outgoing signals to keep the movement going.
He theorized that the pain-dulling effect also owed to feedback from the lungs back up through the vagus nerve to the brain.
Scientists were able to detect signals from heart and nerve cell electro-flesh made this way, allowing them to measure changes in response to certain drugs.
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Another nasty positive comes from the fact that we have gained a lot of power over nature, from fertilizers and antibiotics to nerve gas and nukes.
An angry inquiry from the state attorney general is transformed from a nerve-wracking, stressful event to a straightforward, confident process that convincingly demonstrates professionalism and competence.
Although Neurontin was originally approved as an epilepsy drug, doctors often prescribed it for pain due to nerve damage from diabetes or other illnesses.
Lyrica was finally approved on the last day of 2004--but solely as a treatment for pain due to nerve damage from shingles or diabetes and as a controlled substance.
They believe that a small, unrepresentative protest group is trying to make big companies lose their nerve and withdraw from a scheme which allows people up to eight weeks' work experience without losing their benefits (in the past only two weeks was allowed).
But the laugh on the last was left to the Molinari brothers who held their nerve to secure a half point from the jaws of defeat as Francesco cleared the water feature protecting the green to land the ball within inches of the hole.
But an article McElya read last November, during a 13-hour flight from Tokyo to Detroit, touched a nerve.
The axon is the long protuberance from a nerve cell that connects it to the next cell in the circuit.
Two years later the company moved into a commercial garage, where Feldstein whipped up everything from bank deposit machines to human-nerve stimulators.
De Waal faced a devilishly difficult kick in the corner, but held his nerve to score from 30 metres out on the touchline.
One of serotonin's jobs is to show growing nerve cells how they should connect from the frontal cortex, where reasoning takes place, to the limbic system, the seat of many emotional responses.
Cochlear implants can deliver sound collected from an external microphone directly to the auditory nerve and into the brain.
Like his earlier victories in 2004 which earned him a place on Bernhard Langer's victorious Ryder Cup team, Jimenez's triumph in the second event of the 2005 campaign was built on solid play from tee to green plus an ice cool nerve when the going got tough at the end.
It makes catheters that permit high-tech spinal surgery, done through tiny holes, to relieve pressure on a nerve from a degenerated disc.
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