Sentences with phrase «among different brain»

Understanding the interactions among different brain regions is fundamental to our understanding of brain function.

Not exact matches

A famous writer from Florence once distinguished among three different kinds of brains: one that understands by itself, another that discerns what others understand, the third that understands neither by itself or through others.

These thin, tubelike structures transmit electrical and chemical signals that are vital for carrying information among different regions of 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.

A molecular biologist at the Broad Institute and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Zhang and colleagues have screened hundreds of candidate enzymes, among them, a protein called CPF1 that's used by many different types of bacteria to fight off viruses.

These findings provide important clues about the strategies and division of labor among different parts of the brain when it comes to using the working memory.

In the basal ganglia — a complex system of neurons in the brain responsible for, among other things, procedural learning — Bottjer and Achiro were able to isolate two different types of neurons in young songbirds: ones that were activated only when the birds heard themselves singing, and others that were activated only when the birds heard the songs of adult birds that they were trying to imitate.

They also used brain imaging to measure the volume of different brain structures among the youths.

Whereas liver and blood gene activity patterns showed the expected differences among the three groupswith human transcription looking similar to that of the chimp, and different from that of the more evolutionarily distant macaquegene activity in the brain revealed stark differences between humans and chimps.

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.

Some out of the box thinking about other ways to protect the brain from the onslaught of these amyloid plaques, to help boost its signaling capacity among the different cells.

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.

Magnesium is one of the most important mineral because it is needed for over 350 different processes in your body; among these functions are digestion, energy production, bone formation, energy production, muscle function, creation of new cells, activation of B vitamins, relaxation of muscles and the functioning of your brain, heart, kidneys, along with your nervous system.

There is some variation in brain size among different dog breeds, but that is mostly due to variation in body size.