Sentences with phrase «longer brain pathways»

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These behaviors can only be permanently ingrained if new neural pathways in the brain are created through long - term coaching, mentoring, and developing leaders.

This study showed that the AMPK pathway in the hippocampus of the brain is activated following long - term use of nicotine.

Researchers found long - lasting changes in key communication pathways in the brain.

A long - standing theory is that people with TS gain control over their tics by developing self - regulating techniques to compensate, which in turn lead to a physical're - wiring» within the neural pathways of the brain.

A fourth study finds that a generalized seizure leads to diminished short and long - term memory by interfering with key signaling pathways in the brain.

Some anthropologists have also proposed that larger brains may be less efficient at certain tasks, such as rapid computation, because of longer connection pathways.

Neuroscientists have come a long way since the mid-1900s, when they launched their first efforts to map out the brain's sensory pathways.

To trace the longer pathways that interconnect different brain regions, CBS labs developed a genetic method to label each individual nerve cell a different color to identify and track axons and dendrites over long distances.

As an Associate Professor at OSU, my research has been concentrated in the areas of aging, neuroimmunology, and neurotrauma.Overall, my research aim is to determine the degree to which the bi-directional communication between the brain and the immune system is affected by age, stress, and traumatic CNS injury and to delineate the mechanism by which inflammatory cytokine pathways cause long - lasting complications (e.g., cognitive decline and depression).

In the meantime, the current study builds evidence that addictive drugs appropriate the neurobiological tools of learning and memory to create long - term changes in brain reward pathways.

Alex feels good and some dopamine is released into the brain, lubricating the pathways and creating bridges between the neurons over the synapses — voila, and the little fact is ushered into the holy temple of long - term memory, the prefrontal cortex.

The development of the brain in its first year has such a massive impact on the rest of the life pathways created in the brain because those messages stay there for a long time.

And here's something neat: turns out, information travels a longer pathway through an introvert's brain, which causes an introvert to process information more deeply, and is likely why they take longer to feel comfortable verbalizing their thoughts.