Sentences with phrase «activities of a particular region»

The resume is aimed at bringing forth the responsibilities of an administrative manager who handles the activities of a particular region.

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From brain scans, Schwartz found that certain regions in the brain of OCD patients (the caudate nucleus in particular) exhibited abnormal patterns of activity.

Researchers at the Humboldt and Charité Universities in Berlin, led by Dr Julie Seibt from the University of Surrey, used cutting edge techniques to record activity in a particular region of brain cells that is responsible for holding new information — the dendrites.

In particular, theta activity increased at the junction of three brain areas: the parietal region, just behind the crown of the head, which perceives sensory information and integrates it into the mysterious state called consciousness; the temporal lobe, behind the temples and responsible for making sense of sound; and the occipital lobe, located at the bottom back of the brain and responsible for processing vision.

«Limited regions may be essential for learning or retention of a particular activity, but within such regions the parts are functionally equivalent.

This allows researchers to identify peaks of activity in different regions of normal people's brains while they carry out particular mental tasks.

The researchers also found that activation of ESP1 - responding neurons in the region of the brain called the hypothalamus enhanced sexual behavior in female mice, even in the absence of actual ESP1, by using various tools to chemically or optically control neural activities, combined with a process called the TRAP method, which allows them to selectively manipulate neurons responding to a particular stimulus.

These techniques have allowed scientists to investigate mental operations in humans, such as reading or memory, and to link these to activity in particular regions of the brain.

We need to modify brain activity in humans to test whether particular brain regions contribute to perception and behavior, and we need to do the same in animals to modify activity in particular cell - types to understand the molecular basis of these processes.

An approach called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), for example, records changes in blood flow that occur when a spark of activity passes through a particular brain region.

Under the theme «Inclusive Cooperation for Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality,» the event organizers worked to promote public awareness of the issue that affects dryland regions of Northern, Upper East and Upper West Ghana in particular, calling attention to human activities that contribute to land degradation, such as unsustainable farming practices, bush burning, uncontrolled tree felling and clear - cutting, mining and overgrazing.

However, I will say that November is a shoulder season for the area, so depending on the amount of snowfall the region sees that particular year, certain activities may or may not be available yet.

The results show that when considering climate change over the next 20 - 30 years, taking into account the influence of short - lived pollutants dramatically changes the relative benefit of emissions reductions from a particular activity or region.

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