For the present study, researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to
assess brain response to sensory stimulation in 35 women with fibromyalgia and 25 healthy, age - matched controls.
Not exact matches
Because most concussion victims score 14 or 15 on the GCS, its primary utility is in ruling out more serious
brain injuries.4 Thus,» [w] hile highly useful in the sphere of emergency
response to trauma, the Glasgow Coma Scale should not be used to
assess the significance of a concussion,» writes William P. Meehan, III, MD, MomsTeam concussion medicine expert emeritus and former Director of the Sports Concussion Clinic in the Division of Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, in his 2011 book, Kids, Sports, and Concussion.1
In addition, it offers the option to
assess the
brain - gut
response to therapeutic interventions including biofeedback and neuromodulation.»
In 2007, a helmet covered with particle counters and an electroencephalograph were sent to the International Space Station to
assess how astronaut
brain activity changes in real time in
response to radiation.
The team also used another paradigm to
assess brain activation in
response to the individual's consumption and anticipated consumption of chocolate milkshake.
Our
brains like to categorize things because it makes it easier to quickly
assess and determine what
response is required.
We did not
assess hedonic
responses to the meals or food cravings directly, and therefore, we could not explore the relation between these subjective values and
brain activation.
The test
assesses the
brain's
response to an auditory stimulus and can determine if the dog has partial, complete, unilateral or bilateral deafness.
One study directly
assessed the
brain functioning of children in foster care using the popular method of examining levels of cortisol, the hormone produced in
response to stress in humans.25, 26 Children who are exposed to high levels of stress show unusual patterns of cortisol production.27 Foster children exhibited unusually decreased or elevated levels of cortisol compared to children reared by their biological parents.28 Such findings are consistent with the literature, which points to the importance of the parent - child relationship in buffering the stress
responses of children.
• The
brain has mechanisms for
assessing and responding to threat, and chronic threat may cause permanent
brain changes — When the stress
response system of the
brain is activated by a traumatic experience, the
brain makes an association between the traumatic experience and the accompanying sensory stimuli (sights, sounds, etc.).