Sentences with phrase «for brain anatomy»

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For this reason I have realized this: a chimpanzee does not understand math (regardless of how many hours I spent trying to teach them this) because of it's anatomy, yet I do understand math because of my anatomy (and education of course), I as a mere mortal (unlike yourself) know that my faculties must be somehow limited and that there are concepts that no matter how much I try to use my retarded brain I will never understand them because I don't have the god lobe in the ole brain like you do, none the less I keep on thinkin» in a finite fashion hoping that my future children might have a little more range than I since they too will be a «tarded snapshot in a timeline of cognitive evolution.

So he turned to structural MRI, a technique that reveals anatomy, to look for changes in brain density.

She taught well into her 80s, and for decades brought a preserved human brain to her anatomy classes in a flowered hat box.

For example, brain anatomy could be more closely monitored in those people where there is suspicion of an increased risk of developing a mental disorder (the children of parents with mental health problems, for example), so that the probability of developing a pathology that interferes with their normal development can be estimatFor example, brain anatomy could be more closely monitored in those people where there is suspicion of an increased risk of developing a mental disorder (the children of parents with mental health problems, for example), so that the probability of developing a pathology that interferes with their normal development can be estimatfor example), so that the probability of developing a pathology that interferes with their normal development can be estimated.

But what he thought was a discovery was actually a rediscovery — a snippet of brain anatomy lost to science for decades.

This study did not explore possible reasons for these differences in brain anatomy.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

Chronic pain is known to cause brain anatomy changes and impairments, but yoga can be an important tool for preventing or even reversing the effects of chronic pain on the brain, according to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) official speaking at the American Pain Society's annual meeting.

Assessing the impact of brain anatomy on pain reduction, Bushnell said gray matter changes in the insula or internal structures of the cerebral cortex are most significant for pain tolerance.

«Considered in total, this study provides important early archaeological evidence for meat eating, hunting and scavenging behaviors - cornerstone adaptations that likely facilitated brain expansion in human evolution, movement of hominins out of Africa and into Eurasia, as well as important shifts in our social behavior, anatomy and physiology,» Ferraro said.

So that scientists around the world may continue to look for fundamental structural insights, the full, interactive imaging dataset is viewable at Mouse Connectome Project, providing a resource for researchers interested in studying the anatomy and function of cortical networks throughout the brain.

«Brain anatomy differs in people with 22q genetic risk for schizophrenia, autism: Deletions or duplications of DNA along 22nd chromosome hint at biological underpinnings of these disorders.»

That brought home to them the importance of detailed brain anatomy for understanding brain function, a lesson that would prove invaluable later in their careers.

«What we've learned to date about differences in brain anatomy in hearing and deaf populations hasn't taken into account the diverse language experiences among people who are deaf,» says senior author Guinevere Eden, D.Phil., director for the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).

After he and his team recorded the subjects» appetite for risk, they scanned their brains using various techniques that visualize anatomy and real - time activity.

By using MRI scans and focusing on brain anatomy, the researchers hope to find clues to better diagnose and treat depression and to identify individuals at higher risk for recurrent episodes.

«In case you thought brain anatomy is a solved problem, take it from us — it isn't,» says Van Wedeen, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Charlestown and a principal investigator for the Human Connectome Project (HCP), a US - government - funded global consortium that published the brain map.

We also focus effort at the level of anatomy to understand the pathways of information flow in the brain for normal learning to occur, and at the behavioral level to probe the complexities of memory formation.

The Center's 3T Siemens Skyra scanner offers a variety of techniques for investigating anatomy, function and connectivity in traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury and stroke, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging.

While they can't know for sure, doctors told Sarah that the particular anatomy of her PFO may have allowed blood to pool and form a clot which then traveled into her brain.

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Issue 03 / Lisa Nilsson: Pulp Anatomy Science and art have long been relegated to the left and right brain respectively: two distinct modes of theory that confound the possibility for coexistence.

Performed First, Second and Third Trimester Studies for OB patients: measuring GS, YS and CRL, Biophysical Profile with Amniotic Fluid Index, Fetal Anatomy Survey, recognizing fetal gender, HR index, obtaining S / D ratio and measuring fetal brain

New treatments are being tested to tackle the crippling difficulties of vertigo, including a clinical trial of prosthetic ear implants and ear gene therapy, with initial work revealing novel aspects of brain anatomy linked to balance which could be used as targets for future treatments.

A basic overview of brain anatomy is presented with a focus on the process for effective multi-sensory de-escalation.