Sentences with phrase «activity between brain cells»

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Their brains differed in the activity of over a hundred genes that provide cells with energy, influence chemical communications in the brain and strengthen the connection between nerve cells.

The scientists observed that transmission of chemical signals between the nerve cells are facilitated by AMPA - receptors and the activity occurs on the brain cell surface.

Somehow the rules governing synaptic connections between cells enable such «local» activity to modify the «global» neural circuitry that carries out the brain's many functions.

His work suggests that deep - brain stimulation — whether electrical or optical — may be most effective when it targets not the neurons themselves but the connections between cells, thereby affecting the flow of activity between brain regions.

Using Acks as a neural activity marker, we demonstrated that neural activity in the mushroom bodies, especially in Class II Kenyon cells, one subtype of mushroom body intrinsic neurons, and a restricted area between the dorsal lobes and the optic lobes was increased in the brains of Japanese honeybee workers involved in the formation of a hot defensive bee ball.

Activities that engage your brain like learning and certain kinds of «cognitive training» increase connections between brain cells.

The millisecond relay between thousands of nerve cells causes a flurry of activity that prompts the brain to carry out all fundamental aspects of brain function.

Their discoveries showed how neuronal activity, generated either by experience or by intrinsic brain function, actively sculpts structural and functional connections between nerve cells.

That defect, which affects electrical activity between cells, occurs in both heart and brain cells.

In the 2007 - 2008 academic year, for instance, awards supported research on topics such as the imaging of brain regions involved in the learning of words, the relation between memory and the growth of brain cells in adulthood, the neural activity behind birdsongs and the processing of sensory data in the brains of infants at risk for autism.

Among these achievements are the development of new techniques for classifying different types of neurons; automated methods for creating wiring diagrams of the connections between cells in the mammalian brain; new ways of recording and manipulating the electrical activity of hundreds, even thousands, of cells simultaneously; and, advanced microscopes that allow researchers to visualize the activity of all the cells in the brains of small animals.

Still, other government - funded studies have made connections between cell phones» electromagnetic fields and changes in brain activity.

Apart from transmitting messages between cells, it also helps in regulating blood circulation as well as activities of kidneys, brain, stomach, lungs, and other organs.