Sentences with phrase «among brain researchers»

To address this concern, de Leeuw recently published a study in the journal Behavior Research Methods investigating whether one specific issue among brain researchers — the potential delays in response introduced by the use of online technology — represents a significant barrier to conducting research online.

Not exact matches

Among the questions researchers are asking: Does the process of innovating activate neuronal circuits in a particular part of the brain, the way that language, say, primarily activates circuits in parts of the brain's left hemisphere?

However, when the researchers damaged a more central brain region called the limbic system, which is the source of emotions and pleasure (among other things), the hamsters» maternal behaviors — like nest - building, picking up pups, and nursing — never developed.

Among 22 patients, the researchers found enhanced memory performance in the four patients with stimulation of the lateral temporal cortex but not among those with the other brain regions stimulAmong 22 patients, the researchers found enhanced memory performance in the four patients with stimulation of the lateral temporal cortex but not among those with the other brain regions stimulamong those with the other brain regions stimulated.

Yet unlike addictions to substances such as narcotics or nicotine, behavioral addictions to the Internet, food, shopping and even sex are touchy among medical and brain researchers.

Whereas descriptions of online addiction are controversial at best among researchers, a new study cuts through much of the debate and hints that excessive time online can physically rewire a brain.

Meanwhile, other researchers are studying serum to garner clues about links between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and DNA methylation among individuals who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, gleaning information from samples on 150 service members with mild to severe TBI, along with 50 control subjects.

As a researcher, Hockfield was among the first scientists to apply molecular biology to neuroscience, using monoclonal antibodies to study the brain.

By comparing the numbers of nerve cells, or neurons, among eight species of carnivores (ferret, banded mongoose, raccoon, cat, dog, hyena, lion and brown bear), researchers now have a better understanding of how different - sized brains are built.

Researchers at the 12th International Neuroscience Winter Conference will explore, among other hot topics in neuroscience, the neurobiology of courtship, new gene therapy approaches in Parkinson's disease, the role of sleep in neuropsychiatric disorders and breakthroughs in brain repair.

Among the awardees are researchers working on ultrasound methods for measuring brain activity, and the use of deep brain stimulation to treat traumatic brain injuries.

Among other things, researchers have found that the hippocampus is usually smaller in schizophrenics, whereas some of the ventricles (four cavities at the center of the brain that are filled with cerebrospinal fluid) are larger.

Raising cultural awareness among researchers and clinicians is essential to developing patient - centered interventions that reduce health disparities and improve outcomes for all patients with brain injury.

Using portable EEG to measure brain activity among groups of students, researchers were able to record from multiple people simultaneously to study social interactions in real life.

Henrik Zetterberg is among the world's leading brain researchers and has conducted research on concussions in sports for many years and in numerous studies.

A view widely accepted among addiction researchers is that drug abuse can cause the brain to form persistent, enduring associations between a drug and the environment in which it is purchased and consumed.

Though a range of developmental scenarios in multiple brain regions is surely at work in ASDs, the researchers said the ability to place these specific genetic mutations in one specific set of cells — among hundreds of cell types in the brain, and at a specific point in human development — is a critical step in beginning to understand how autism comes about.

But researchers are now developing tools to sniff out potential flaws among the billions of virtual «brain cells» that make up such systems.

A genetic variation linked to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression wreaks havoc on connections among neurons in the developing brain, a team of researchers reports.

«Biology of childhood brain tumor subtypes offers clues to precision treatments: Researchers reveal differences among gene fusions in low - grade pediatric brain tumors.»

A fight has broken out among scientific researchers over whether or not brain training beats back the effects of aging.

The researchers saw that among the PTSD group, who were all taking the drug paroxetine (sold as Paxil), the patients who showed the most improvement from the SSRI were those who showed the least activation, prior to treatment, of a brain area called the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, also known as the inferior frontal gyrus.

The central role of numbers in our world testifies to the brain's uncanny ability to recognize and understand them — and Cantlon is among the researchers trying to find out exactly how that skill works.

Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, at McGill University and the MUHC, are working to develop a much needed tool for helping diagnose concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries suffered by thousands of young Canadians — hockey and football players among them.

Dr. Mehta, who chairs the RTOG's brain tumor committee, says researchers also found an increase in symptoms among patients who took bevacizumab, compared to a placebo.

-- In their paper published in Nature Neuroscience in January, researchers at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) and Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) report substantial developmental changes in communication among cells that significantly improve the information processing capabilities of the brain.

By looking at brain activity as 80 test subjects considered sharing the same New York Times health articles, researchers predicted an article's virality among the actual New York Times readership, which shared this group of articles a combined total of 117,611 times.

At the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University Medical Center, researchers are developing novel imaging techniques to study this communication among brain cBrain Science at Columbia University Medical Center, researchers are developing novel imaging techniques to study this communication among brain cbrain cells.

Recently, she was invited to talk about her work at NIH, and Mealey is the only veterinarian among researchers studying how to improve brain penetration of HIV drugs.

By encouraging interaction among these initiatives, researchers are learning not just how the myriad cells of the brain work individually, but how they work in concert to produce behavior — as well as how the neural circuitry of behavior is modified in response to different forms of learning.

It's welcome news for researchers exploring growing concerns about concussions and traumatic brain injuries among women.

«Promoting such lively and fruitful exchange among researchers greatly strengthens our fight against brain diseases,» said Mucke, who hosted the event.

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center researchers and surgeons are among the first in the nation to treat patients with recurrent brain cancer by directly injecting an investigational viral vector into their tumor.

In their study, which publishes April 18, 2018, in the online issue of Neurology ®, the researchers looked at the prevalence of Parkinson's among close to one - third of a million veterans, comparing its incidence in those who had experienced a traumatic brain injury — such as concussion — with those who had not.

The researchers found that there is less coordination among two brain waves, which are crucial for retaining new memories, in older people when they are in deep sleep.

10/11/2007 UC San Diego Neurologist Named Among Newest Group of Howard Hughes Investigators A University of California, San Diego School of Medicine neuroscientist who specializes in inherited brain disorders is one of 15 patient - oriented researchers selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) for appointment as an HHMI Investiga... More...

In brain network analyses involving networks from multiple subjects, some researchers generate an average network in order to summarize the common network characteristics present among the study subjects [10], [11], [13], [27].

Emerging nanoscale implants will play an important role in understanding communication among nerve cells in the brain, while other researchers hope to use the same technology to probe chemical signaling in microbial communities.

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.

Studies have also indicated that B12 prevents brain shrinkage, making this vitamin and it's benefits an area of interest for researchers as reduced brain size is commonly seen among those with dementia and Alzheimer's.

Because of this, it should come as no surprise to anyone that fear of loss of brain function is becoming a national obsession, generating seemingly endless conversation among baby - boomers, a seemingly endless procession of reports from researchers on the nightly news telling us more research is needed, and a seemingly endless amount of commercials advertising both natural substances and pharmaceuticals that supposedly deal with the problem in a highly efficacious, cost effective manner.

Ashwagandha is one of the few herbs that has been rigorously studied by researchers — and it has a mountain of quality scientific research behind it showing that it truly does work to improve health on many levels — from repairing and rebuilding the brain and nervous system, to balancing hormone levels, to strengthening the immune system, fighting aging, reducing anxiety and stress and improving mood, among many other things.

Researchers like Anthony Gregorc, Neil Fleming's VARK (visual, auditory, reading / writing, kinesthetic) Learning Style Test, Rita Dunn and Kenneth Dunn, Ned Hermann's Brain Dominance and David Kolb (among others) have all suggested that learners have a preferred way to learn.

* Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword neurotechnology OR neurotech OR -LRB-(brain OR neuro) AND technologies) and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 61 pages of results found using our python script.

While this might well stem the brain drain among these researchers, I would worry that this will also further isolate these scholars within their own communities, providing a disincentive to reaching out and mentoring others who are not part of this journal club.

Researchers discovered that smartphone addiction may lead to chemical imbalances in the brain, resulting in anxiety and depression, among others.