«By reducing brain
activity on the side of the brain that was not injured, the injured side may actually have a better chance of recovery,» Dr. Vox explained.
Not exact matches
Schalk points with his pen at a large rectangular field
on the
side of the screen depicting a region
of her
brain abuzz with electrical
activity.
The stroke patients showed
activity in the exact same areas — just
on the opposite
side of the
brain.
By attaching electrodes to the heads
of infants and toddlers and measuring
brain activity, Nathan Fox
of the University
of Maryland has discovered that the
brains of timid children are more active
on the right
side — specifically, in a region called the right frontal cortex.
Young children usually show language
activity in the same areas
on both
sides of their
brain, Newport noted, and the left
side becomes more dominant over time.
On the other
side, researchers who study behavior will be able to link those
activities with regions
of the
brain, which then can be further studied.»
One even showed greater dopamine
activity in the injured
side of the
brain than
on the normal
side, indicating, says Jaenisch, that «these IPS cells could be used also for generating function
of dopaminergic neurons that could have therapeutic value.»
On the negative
side, the researchers found that many
of the genes whose
activity is unique to modern humans are linked to diseases like Alzheimer's disease, autism and schizophrenia, suggesting that these recent changes in our
brain may underlie some
of the psychiatric disorders that are so common in humans today.
LA JOLLA — Every night while you sleep, electrical waves
of brain activity circle around each
side of your
brain, tracing a pattern that, were it
on the surface
of your head, might look like the twin hair buns
of Star Wars» Princess Leia.
A
side benefit
of warming up is that your
brain will become focused
on your body and your physical
activity as you go through the process.
In these
brain scans,
activity in the right hemisphere is displayed
on the left
side of the image,...
Although parts
of the
brain are particularly active during certain memory or learning
activities, all
brain activities requiring cognition activate neural networks
on both
sides of the
brain.
Activity in one correlates with awareness
of the external: a network
of lateral frontoparietal
brain areas — the regions
on the outer
side of the frontal and parietal lobes.
This is a type
of generalized seizure where the excessive electrical
activity occurs
on both
sides of the
brain, so both
sides of the body are affected.
Instead
of wasting hours / years /...
of debate, a crisp technical term sometimes sinks in better: Making folks flap their ears (if not scream) at least induces some
brain activity on the other
side, which raises the chance having afterthoughts later.